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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 did Frankl try to teach a former prisoner who felt that he could trample crops in a field because he had been through so much himself?
(a) "The way that you behave when nobody is watching speaks loudly of you."
(b) "No one has the right to do wrong."
(c) "By respecting nature, we learn to respect ourselves."
(d) "Morality is measured in small moments."

2. What is Frankl's tone in "Basic Concepts of Logotherapy"?
(a) Sad and concerned.
(b) Clinical.
(c) Serious and optimistic.
(d) Angry.

3. What happened, according to the author, to the instinct to violence in the prisoners?
(a) It completely disappeared as they learned what being a victim was like.
(b) It decreased as they saw the harm violence made.
(c) They reacted more and more irritably when faced with violence.
(d) It grew as they saw more and more violence.

4. Frankl writes that suffering is unavoidable, so what matters most in the way that we respond to suffering?
(a) Our love for one another.
(b) Our attitude.
(c) Our ability to understand our suffering as part of the story of our life.
(d) Our understanding of why we have been chosen to suffer.

5. How did Frankl himself realize he was free?
(a) Walking alone in a field, he fell to his knees, recalling his former prayers for freedom.
(b) He returned to work, and was treated with respect by his clients for the first time in years.
(c) He saw a former fellow prisoner, and they realized how different they each looked.
(d) When walking down the street, someone called his name, and he realized that he had his identity back.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the existential vacuum manifest itself?

2. How does Frankl's understanding of individual meaning differ from that of Jean-Paul Sartre?

3. What happened when prisoners, who were pressured for years, suddenly released that pressure?

4. Why does the author decide not to try to escape the concentration camp?

5. What does Frankl write was the most depressing feature of life in a concentration camp?

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