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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 outbreak affected the prisoners at the author's camp?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Measles.
(c) A strong seasonal flu.
(d) Scarlet Fever.

2. Why were dead men thrown on trains transporting prisoners to different concentration camps?
(a) If their number was on the list, their life was considered less important than their number.
(b) They were there to take up space, so that the prisoners would not have much room.
(c) They were sent to spread disease to the other prisoners on the train.
(d) This was a cruel joke of the SS who wanted to horrify the other riders.

3. What were the exceptions to the "cultural hibernation" in camp?
(a) Politics and religion.
(b) Religion and writing.
(c) Writing and music.
(d) Art and music.

4. 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) When walking down the street, someone called his name, and he realized that he had his identity back.
(c) He saw a former fellow prisoner, and they realized how different they each looked.
(d) Walking alone in a field, he fell to his knees, recalling his former prayers for freedom.

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 torture them so that they would not speak of their experiences.
(c) To send them to Switzerland.
(d) To kill them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Frankl believe that man behaves morally?

3. What rule did the author establish for himself in Auschwitz?

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

5. How does the existential vacuum manifest itself?

(see the answer key)

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