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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. What does the author claim hurts most about the physical blows from SS officers?

2. Who does the author describe smoking in the concentration camps?

3. What kind of sickness affected most of the prisoners in 1945?

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

5. What kind of complex does the author write prisoners suffered from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Capo alter the normal reactions of those prisoners assigned to clean latrines?

2. How did Frankl win the favor of the Capo in his working party? Why was this important for him?

3. How does Frankl describe a "delusion of reprieve"?

4. What kind of curiosity does Frankl write that the prisoners had?

5. How were prisoners separated when they arrived at Auschwitz?

6. Who were termed "Moslems" in camp? What consequences did being called "Moslem" have?

7. According to the first section of the text, "Experiences in a Concentration Camp," what advantages did the Capo have over normal prisoners?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. How did the SS respond to changing the list of prisoners who would board transport that would transfer prisoners to another camp or would send them to the gas chambers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Logotherapy is sometimes called the "Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy." How does Frankl compare his to these other kinds of therapy? How does he describe his patients who have gone through other kinds of therapy?

Essay Topic 2

How does Frankl describe Auschwitz physically? How does this contribute to the overall feeling of the reader, and to his description of the psychology of the prisoners?

Essay Topic 3

How does Frankl characterize freedom? How do conditions affect freedom? What does he describe as the ultimate freedom?

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