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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. How does the friend of the author, who "smuggled himself" into the author's hut, suggest that the prisoners try to stay alive?
(a) He recommends they shave, to look younger, and that they avoid showing discomfort to appear more fit.
(b) He suggests that they never speak around SS officers.
(c) He recommends that they sleep every moment that they get a chance, to be energetic in their work.
(d) He offers them tips to get more food at meal time.

2. What happened, according to the author, to the instinct to violence in the prisoners?
(a) It decreased as they saw the harm violence made.
(b) They reacted more and more irritably when faced with violence.
(c) It grew as they saw more and more violence.
(d) It completely disappeared as they learned what being a victim was like.

3. What did Frankl learn happened at Auschwitz after he left?
(a) Cannibalism broke out.
(b) Frankl's friend broke his leg and was sent to the gas chamber.
(c) There was a fire.
(d) Prisoners killed an SS officer.

4. What did the more "prominent" prisoners, the Capo, develop in camp?
(a) Delirium.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Delusions of grandeur.
(d) Major depressive disorder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frankl visit with the camp's chief doctor?

2. What question does Frankl claim that more and more doctors are confronted with?

3. What kind of statue does Frankl argue should compliment the Statue of Liberty?

4. What is "hyper-intention"?

5. What position does the author volunteer for?

(see the answer key)

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