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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Case for a Tragic Optimism" (through page 179).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did the prisoners think of indoor work?
(a) It was the hardest work because it separated the prisoners.
(b) It was difficult because of the close watch the SS kept on prisoners inside.
(c) It was the worst work in the camp because of the constant contact with the SS.
(d) It was the best work in the camp, since it was in a sheltered room.
2. What did Frankl try to teach a former prisoner who felt that he could trample crops in a field because he had been through so much himself?
(a) "By respecting nature, we learn to respect ourselves."
(b) "No one has the right to do wrong."
(c) "Morality is measured in small moments."
(d) "The way that you behave when nobody is watching speaks loudly of you."
3. What importance does Frankl give to the numbers assigned to prisoners?
(a) The use of numbers was part of a program to erase the prisoner's name, history, and past.
(b) This was a method devised at Auschwitz in order to easily track prisoners that were transported from one concentration camp to another.
(c) These were assigned because they were simpler and more economical to tattoo on prisoner's bodies than full names.
(d) This was just one more humiliation.
4. Under what conditions does Frankl describe the SS beating prisoners?
(a) When they were injurred and unable to work.
(b) When they spoke before being spoken to.
(c) At the slightest provocation or for no reason at all.
(d) At the direction of the SS authorities, prisoners were beaten.
5. What does Frankl suggest is the meaning of life?
(a) Creative work is the purpose of life.
(b) Love.
(c) It is different for each individual.
(d) Charitable work or work that advances the common causes of humanity.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Frankl describe the "size" of human suffering?
2. How does Frankl write that one forces oneself to be optimistic?
3. Who narrates this story?
4. What does Frankl call the "tragic triad"?
5. How were prisoners identified?
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