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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. What does Frankl write about responsibility?
(a) It is important to note that the SS were not the only responsible parties involved in torture.
(b) Logotherapy is responsible for improving the world.
(c) Frankl writes that the therapist is responsible for the direction of each therapy session.
(d) Logotherapy tries to impress on each patient their responsibility.

2. What were the exceptions to the "cultural hibernation" in camp?
(a) Religion and writing.
(b) Politics and religion.
(c) Art and music.
(d) Writing and music.

3. Frankl writes that "every age has its own collective neurosis." What does he characterize as the neurosis of his day?
(a) The existential vacuum.
(b) Noo-dynamics.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Self-absorbtion.

4. What does Frankl term "pan-determinism".
(a) The tendency in therapy for patients to blame others rather than taking responsibility for their own lives.
(b) This is not a term used in the text.
(c) The psychoanalytic tendency to ignore that man makes some decisions.
(d) The idea that religious ideas are unimportant.

5. How were prisoners identified?
(a) By number.
(b) By the room they were assigned.
(c) By name.
(d) By the name of the place they lived before being captured.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Frankl use the term logotherapy?

2. What "deep concern" does Frankl write helped him to survive Auschwitz?

3. What were the wishes and desires of prisoners?

4. Were all foremen harsh and cruel?

5. What does the author claim helped to detach prisoner's minds from their surroundings?

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