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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 argue is the meaning of life?
(a) Humility.
(b) Service.
(c) Love.
(d) It varies.

2. What did Frankl speak to his fellow prisoners about when their morale was low?
(a) Hope.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) Hygiene.

3. What choice does the author claim that people can control in difficult circumstances?
(a) "Man can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom, or independence of mind..."
(b) "We can all always choose our breathing patterns, which influence our mood, and that influences our actions."
(c) "In any circumstance... man can choose his own reaction, we can all choose to focus on love."
(d) "People, even in these horrible circumstances, can control the way that they treat others."

4. What does Frankl suggest is the meaning of life?
(a) Creative work is the purpose of life.
(b) It is different for each individual.
(c) Charitable work or work that advances the common causes of humanity.
(d) Love.

5. Who does Frankl quote (more than once) as writing: "He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how."
(a) Confucius.
(b) Plato.
(c) Nietzche.
(d) Christ.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the exceptions to the "cultural hibernation" in camp?

2. How did Frankl himself realize he was free?

3. Why does Frankl use the term logotherapy?

4. Before writing the second section of this text, had Frankl described logotherapy in writing?

5. What did prisoners often discuss when they had a free moment?

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