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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. How does Frankl describe the "size" of human suffering?
(a) It is relative.
(b) It is impossible to gauge.
(c) It is only perceptible to the individual.
(d) It can never be as great as it was for prisoners in Auschwitz.

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

3. Why did the Capo in the author's working party do him favors?
(a) The author aided him in finding the strongest men to work on his team.
(b) The author was his doctor before he was put in prison.
(c) The author listened to his marital problems and offered psychotherapeutic advice.
(d) This Capo favored him because they were from the same hometown.

4. What was the main characteristic of the second phase of the prisoner's mental life?
(a) Violence.
(b) Love.
(c) Anger.
(d) Apathy.

5. Why was the author not bothered by sitting near lice-infested human corpses?
(a) As a doctor, he knew that if he were infected with lice, he could easily treat himself.
(b) He was emotionally distanced from death, and saw the humor in the situation.
(c) He was able, near these bodies, to spend a few minutes alone.
(d) He was able to distract himself thinking of his love for his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author claim that most of the extermination took place?

2. What does Frankl argue happened in camp to "sensitive people used to a rich intellectual life"?

3. What job do those who greet the prisoners as they arrive to the concentration camp do?

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

5. What is the name of the school of therapy that Frankl stands for?

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