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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 many mental phases does the author claim that concentration camp prisoners go through?
(a) Two separate phases.
(b) Three distinct phases.
(c) Ten distinct phases.
(d) Four phases.

2. In the most difficult moments of our existence, what does Frankl suggest is the salvation of man?
(a) To recall the past.
(b) To consider our favorite things.
(c) To look into the future.
(d) To pray.

3. How does Frankl's understanding of individual meaning differ from that of Jean-Paul Sartre?
(a) For Sartre, it is invented. For Frankl it is found.
(b) Sartre believes there is no meaning. Frankl believes it is crucial to life.
(c) Frankl took the idea from Sartre, and his definition is the same.
(d) Sartre believes that meaning is collective. Frankl believes it is individual.

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

5. What role does suffering play in life, according to Frankl?
(a) It is best avoided to the extent possible.
(b) It is a necessary evil from which we can all learn valuable life lessons.
(c) It is a part of life to be worked through to get to a more hopeful future.
(d) It is a meaningful part of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author of the book travel in a "prison car" with small peepholes?

2. How is humor characterized in camp life?

3. What is the principal question that the author tries to address?

4. When does the third phase of the prisoners' psychology begin?

5. Why was the author not bothered by sitting near lice-infested human corpses?

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