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

2. How were the Capos chosen?
(a) They were randomly chosen from groups arriving by train daily.
(b) They were chosen for their height, as the work that they did required tall men.
(c) They were chosen according to their phyiscal strength.
(d) They were the prisoners who were seen as having a suitable character for the job.

3. What happened to the senior block warden who had a dream that he would be free on March thirtieth?
(a) He had another dream on March thirtieth that they would be freed on July third.
(b) He died on March thirty-first.
(c) He committed suicide a month prior.
(d) He fell ill on March thirty-first and died a month later.

4. After the liberation of the camp, why does the SS take most of the remaining prisoners?
(a) To send them to Switzerland.
(b) To torture them so that they would not speak of their experiences.
(c) To kill them.
(d) To take them to another camp.

5. Who does the author describe smoking in the concentration camps?
(a) The prisoners who worked in the kitchen.
(b) Railway workers.
(c) The Capo and the suicidal.
(d) Prison doctors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does suffering play in life, according to Frankl?

2. How does the friend of the author, who "smuggled himself" into the author's hut, suggest that the prisoners try to stay alive?

3. What does Frankl believe explains the lack of sexual urge in the concentration camp?

4. Why were camp inmates frightened of decisions?

5. What is the "delusion of reprieve"?

(see the answer key)

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