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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does the author claim that most of the extermination took place?
2. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?
3. What did the prison car that Frankl took pass?
4. What characterizes the second phase of a prisoner's mental state?
5. What possession does the author of this book try to keep after arriving to the concentration camp?
Short Essay Questions
1. As a new prisoner in camp, what decision did Frankl believe "marked the culminating point of the first phase of [his] psychological reaction"?
2. How did Frankl win the favor of the Capo in his working party? Why was this important for him?
3. How does Frankl categorize the psychological response to such an abnormal situation as life in a concentration camp?
4. What kind of curiosity does Frankl write that the prisoners had?
5. After the initial mental phase that was characterized by shock, what characterized the second phase that Frankl noticed in his fellow prisoners and in himself?
6. According to Frankl, what were the communal showers like? What was the attitude of the prisoners as they entered their first communal shower? Why is this important to Frankl?
7. According to Frankl, what characterizes the prisoners' thinking when they first arrive at camp?
8. What did Frankl call to "run into the wire"? What role did this play in camp life, and in the mental lives of prisoners in camp?
9. In the first section of the text, "Experiences in a Concentration Camp," what groups does Frankl identify within the concentration camp? Which group does he focus on? Why?
10. Frankl writes that because of the harsh realities of camp life and the "constant necessity of concentrating on the task of staying alive," some of the prisoners "regressed" to a more primitive form of mental life. How does he see this manifest itself?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What role does Frankl give to the subconscious? What role does he give the conscience? Does he address simple, innate human drives?
Essay Topic 2
Frankl describes the importance for the individual of finding meaning of life. He writes, "Man's search for meaning is a primary force in his life and not a 'secondary rationalization' of instinctual drives." How does he define the meaning of life? How does he suggest that people search for the meaning in their lives? What role does he give to the conditions in life that seem to fully determine behavior?
Essay Topic 3
Frankl's description of life in camp deals mostly with his own experience and the experiences of the men he was surrounded by. Women and children are nearly absent. Describe how you imagine life for a woman or child living under these circumstances might be different. Do you believe they would live through the same mental stages?
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