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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. 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 show that there is always freedom of choice.
(c) To show that they are part of the inner life of man.
(d) To argue that man does not create values, but instead recognizes them.

2. Frankl was sent to another camp after his stay in Auschwitz. Why were the prisoners there pleased?
(a) There was no snow.
(b) There were no gas chambers.
(c) The food was good.
(d) The SS was not as cruel.

3. What does Frankl call "existential frustration"?
(a) The kind of frustration that comes from having superficial relationships.
(b) The result of frustrating man's will to meaning.
(c) A frustration that results when suffering does not lead to meaning.
(d) A frustration that stems from the dull nature of existence.

4. What did the more "prominent" prisoners, the Capo, develop in camp?
(a) Delirium.
(b) Delusions of grandeur.
(c) Major depressive disorder.
(d) Dementia.

5. How did Frankl respond to an SS officer who called him a pig, and asked him what his profession was?
(a) He argued that it was none of his business, and then tried to hit him.
(b) He refused to speak.
(c) He said he had been a psychiatrist, and understood perfectly what his issues were.
(d) He told him he was a doctor who did charitable work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frankl argue hurts most about being hit?

2. What did the prisoners think of indoor work?

3. What are the ways that logotherapy believes meaning in life can be found?

4. After the liberation of the camp, why does the SS take most of the remaining prisoners?

5. How does Frankl describe the "size" of human suffering?

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