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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 kind of statue does Frankl argue should compliment the Statue of Liberty?
(a) A Statue of Hope.
(b) A Statue of Meaning.
(c) A Statue of Memory.
(d) A Statue of Responsibility.

2. What does Frankl believe makes a person "worthy of his sufferings or not"?
(a) Their "focus on love," and their "lack of consideration for their own suffering."
(b) Whether "he makes use of" or forgoes "the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him."
(c) Their ability to remove desire from their lives.
(d) Their ability to "focus on the positive aspects of their past."

3. Why does Frankl believe that man behaves morally?
(a) Man has a moral drive.
(b) Man decides to act morally.
(c) Most men are moral.
(d) Man is instinctively moral and religious.

4. Frankl writes that suffering is unavoidable, so what matters most in the way that we respond to suffering?
(a) Our love for one another.
(b) Our understanding of why we have been chosen to suffer.
(c) Our attitude.
(d) Our ability to understand our suffering as part of the story of our life.

5. What question does Frankl claim that more and more doctors are confronted with?
(a) How can I act responsibly?
(b) Why do we all die?
(c) Where can I find love?
(d) What is life?

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Frankl do in freezing temperatures out of doors?

2. What does Frankl argue hurts most about being hit?

3. Before writing the second section of this text, had Frankl described logotherapy in writing?

4. Why were dead men thrown on trains transporting prisoners to different concentration camps?

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

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