Man's Search for Meaning Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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Man's Search for Meaning Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 115).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were camp inmates frightened of decisions?
(a) They were frightened of everything.
(b) They believed that fate was one's master.
(c) They worried about the consequences of excercising their own judgement.
(d) They were scared of bringing attention to themselves.

2. What are "premium coupons"?
(a) These came from the construction firm that hired the workers from the prison, and could be exchanged for cigarettes.
(b) These were certificates from the SS guards, and were awarded to prisoners who arrived to work before the morning bell rang.
(c) Raffle tickets given to the SS guards to award them things previously owned by the prisoners.
(d) These came from the construction firm that hired workers through the prison, and could be used to buy days off work.

3. How did prisoners experience beauty?
(a) The SS officers made light of their lack of sensibility when surrounded by beauty in nature.
(b) Their lives were too focused on primitive needs to worry about such things.
(c) They experienced it intensely.
(d) They discussed beautiful art that they had seen outside the camp.

4. How do psychiatrists expect people to react in abnormal situations?
(a) They expect an abnormal reaction according to the person's degree of normality.
(b) They expect strong reactions.
(c) They expect mentally healthy people to have balanced reactions to such situations.
(d) They expect that a normal person in an abnormal situation will demonstrate severe stress.

5. What kind of event does the author attend with the camp's chief officer?
(a) A medical presentation on Measles.
(b) A seance.
(c) A meeting where SS officials discuss punishment.
(d) A private meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did fellow prisoners respond when someone stole potatoes?

2. Why does the author, himself a concentration camp survivor, write, "We know: the best of us did not return"?

3. What caused former prisoners to feel bitterness?

4. What did the prison car that Frankl took pass?

5. What characterizes the second phase of a prisoner's mental state?

(see the answer key)

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