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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Logotherapy in a Nutshell" (through page 157).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frankl suggest happens to "self-centeredness" in logotherapy?
(a) It is made evident.
(b) It is used to show the patient how their thought pattern should change.
(c) It is broken up.
(d) It is fostered in order to build confidence.

2. What does Frankl write was the most depressing feature of life in a concentration camp?
(a) Not knowing how long the imprisonment would last.
(b) Losing a sense of individuality.
(c) Feeling impotent to affect the future.
(d) Stress in general.

3. How does Frankl write that love is interpreted in psychotherapy?
(a) As an unimportant aspect of life.
(b) As a troublesome part of life that often leads to difficulty.
(c) As a phenomenon of sexual drives and instincts.
(d) As the result of early family dynamics.

4. What does the author have to do to satisfy the SS while filling in for the senior block warden?
(a) Keep the hut where sick inmates were located clean and orderly.
(b) Treat his patients to the best of his ability.
(c) Create full written reports on each of his patience.
(d) Create a full report on the medicines and other supplies that he used.

5. Frankl writes that values do not push, but pull people. Why does he make this distinction?
(a) To demonstrate that people are born with values.
(b) To argue that man does not create values, but instead recognizes them.
(c) To show that they are part of the inner life of man.
(d) To show that there is always freedom of choice.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the most difficult moments of our existence, what does Frankl suggest is the salvation of man?

2. What did the more "prominent" prisoners, the Capo, develop in camp?

3. What "deep concern" does Frankl write helped him to survive Auschwitz?

4. In logotherapy, how is the search for meaning seen?

5. Looking back at the experience of living in a concentration camp, what does Frankl say is the most wonderful feeling?

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