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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. Looking back at the experience of living in a concentration camp, what does Frankl say is the most wonderful feeling?
(a) That there is no returning to camp.
(b) That so many survived.
(c) That the SS has been punished.
(d) That there is nothing left to fear -- except God.

2. What does Frankl argue is the meaning of life?
(a) Humility.
(b) Love.
(c) Service.
(d) It varies.

3. Before writing the second section of this text, had Frankl described logotherapy in writing?
(a) Yes, in a published article.
(b) Yes, in seventeen volumes in German.
(c) Yes, in journals.
(d) No.

4. Who does the author claim entertained thoughts of suicide in the concentration camp?
(a) He notes there was a high suicide rate among the Capos.
(b) The author writes that suicide was most common when it was snowing.
(c) The author claims these thoughts were particularly common among men.
(d) The author notes that nearly all of the prisoners entertained these thoughts.

5. How does Frankl describe the "size" of human suffering?
(a) It is relative.
(b) It is only perceptible to the individual.
(c) It is impossible to gauge.
(d) It can never be as great as it was for prisoners in Auschwitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of complex does the author write prisoners suffered from?

2. Frankl was sent to another camp after his stay in Auschwitz. Why were the prisoners there pleased?

3. Was there art in the concentration camp?

4. What does Frankl term "pan-determinism".

5. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?

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