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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 did Frankl think when he saw a group of convicts pass by?
(a) That life was unfair because he was in a position below them.
(b) That they deserved worse punishment.
(c) That they enjoyed more well-regulated, happy, secure lives than the prisoners.
(d) That they had earned their misery while the prisoners had not.

2. Frankl was sent to another camp after his stay in Auschwitz. Why were the prisoners there pleased?
(a) There were no gas chambers.
(b) The food was good.
(c) There was no snow.
(d) The SS was not as cruel.

3. What choice does the author claim that people can control in difficult circumstances?
(a) "In any circumstance... man can choose his own reaction, we can all choose to focus on love."
(b) "We can all always choose our breathing patterns, which influence our mood, and that influences our actions."
(c) "People, even in these horrible circumstances, can control the way that they treat others."
(d) "Man can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom, or independence of mind..."

4. How does Frankl write that Freudian psychotherapy deals with spiritual issues?
(a) They are not dealt with directly, but they are seen as having instinctual roots.
(b) Frankl writes that spirituality is dealt with by Freudian psychologists as a central issue in life, but it should be addressed with religious leaders.
(c) Spiritual issues are not dealt with in psychotherapy.
(d) They are dealt with directly, and with respect for the difficulty that many patients have with these issues.

5. What does Frankl argue hurts most about being hit?
(a) Displeasing authority.
(b) The injury upon injury.
(c) The humiliation.
(d) The reprimand that this represents.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Frankl himself realize he was free?

2. Who narrates this story?

3. Why did prisoners try to get to the center of the lines that workers formed in the morning?

4. What does Frankl argue happened in camp to "sensitive people used to a rich intellectual life"?

5. Why does the author, after leaving camp, upon seeing an image of prisoners lying on their bunks, argue that these aren't horrible images?

(see the answer key)

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