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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 that they sleep every moment that they get a chance, to be energetic in their work.
(b) He recommends they shave, to look younger, and that they avoid showing discomfort to appear more fit.
(c) He offers them tips to get more food at meal time.
(d) He suggests that they never speak around SS officers.

2. How did Frankl himself realize he was free?
(a) He returned to work, and was treated with respect by his clients for the first time in years.
(b) He saw a former fellow prisoner, and they realized how different they each looked.
(c) Walking alone in a field, he fell to his knees, recalling his former prayers for freedom.
(d) When walking down the street, someone called his name, and he realized that he had his identity back.

3. What does Frankl argue happened in camp to "sensitive people used to a rich intellectual life"?
(a) They had difficulty adapting to not being heard.
(b) The damage to their inner life was less.
(c) They fell ill more frequently.
(d) They were beaten more harshly.

4. How is humor characterized in camp life?
(a) Humor is rarely used.
(b) The SS offices, and occassionally the Capos, are the only people in camp who use humor.
(c) Black humor is the most common kind of humor in camp.
(d) Prisoners use humor as a weapon in self-preservation.

5. What does Frankl argue man determines about his life?
(a) Man decides what he will be.
(b) Man decides whether or not to suffer.
(c) Man decides whether or not he will live in love.
(d) Man decides if he will listen to his inner voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What possession does the author of this book try to keep after arriving to the concentration camp?

2. Who narrates this story?

3. When Frankl was scheduled to be transported to another camp, what did the chief doctor do?

4. Frankl writes that "every age has its own collective neurosis." What does he characterize as the neurosis of his day?

5. What caused former prisoners to feel bitterness?

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