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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 happened to the senior block warden who had a dream that he would be free on March thirtieth?
(a) He had another dream on March thirtieth that they would be freed on July third.
(b) He died on March thirty-first.
(c) He committed suicide a month prior.
(d) He fell ill on March thirty-first and died a month later.
2. Frankl cites a study of students at Johns Hopkins University. What did the students cite as important to them?
(a) Finding meaning.
(b) Finding dignity.
(c) Searching for love.
(d) Making money.
3. 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) Walking alone in a field, he fell to his knees, recalling his former prayers for freedom.
(c) When walking down the street, someone called his name, and he realized that he had his identity back.
(d) He saw a former fellow prisoner, and they realized how different they each looked.
4. Frankl writes that values do not push, but pull people. Why does he make this distinction?
(a) To show that there is always freedom of choice.
(b) To demonstrate that people are born with values.
(c) To argue that man does not create values, but instead recognizes them.
(d) To show that they are part of the inner life of man.
5. What happened, according to the author, to the instinct to violence in the prisoners?
(a) It grew as they saw more and more violence.
(b) It decreased as they saw the harm violence made.
(c) It completely disappeared as they learned what being a victim was like.
(d) They reacted more and more irritably when faced with violence.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the existential vacuum?
2. What is the author's tone of voice in this, the second section, of the book?
3. What is the principal question that the author tries to address?
4. Who greets the prisoners upon their arrival at the concentration camp?
5. What happens when the author was outside of the camp fences burying dead bodies?
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