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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. Can logotherapy be used with neurotic individuals?
(a) Frankl writes that they should be treated medically.
(b) Frankl believes that they should be seen first by someone using a more dogmatic approach.
(c) Frankl writes that they, in particular, can benefit from logotherapy.
(d) Frankl argues that they should not use logotherapy until they are treated medically.

2. What happens when the author was outside of the camp fences burying dead bodies?
(a) An earthquake destroys much of the camp.
(b) A delegate from the Red Cross arrives to liberate the prisoners.
(c) He falls and breaks his leg.
(d) An SS officer discovers his plot to escape, and comes out to beat him.

3. What did Frankl speak to his fellow prisoners about when their morale was low?
(a) Hope.
(b) Hygiene.
(c) Love.
(d) Death.

4. Were all foremen harsh and cruel?
(a) Yes, and the harshest tended to hold the most power.
(b) Yes, this was always true.
(c) Very nearly all.
(d) No, there were some who felt sorry for the prisoners.

5. How does logotherapy deal with spiritual issues?
(a) Logotherapy does not deal with these issues.
(b) As unnecessary because there is no single meaning.
(c) As instincts.
(d) Seriously, in spiritual terms.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many mental phases does the author claim that concentration camp prisoners go through?

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

3. What job did Frankl do in freezing temperatures out of doors?

4. What does Frankl call "the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire."

5. What does Frankl term supra-meaning?

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