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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. Were all foremen harsh and cruel?
2. What happens when the author was outside of the camp fences burying dead bodies?
3. How were normal reactions hastened among the workers charged with removing sewage?
4. How did Frankl earn the favor of "The Murderous Capo"?
5. What are "premium coupons"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Experiences in a Concentration Camp," what does Frankl write happened when a train was prepared to transport prisoners?
2. What were the beatings like in the concentration camp? What does Frankl argue was the worst part of these?
3. According to Frankl, what characterizes the prisoners' thinking when they first arrive at camp?
4. 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?
5. In the section on "Experiences in a Concentration Camp," Frankl describes a physical condition that affected "nearly all the camp inmates." What was this condition? How did it affect Frankl?
6. 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?
7. What does Frankl write about the sense of humor that developed in the concentration camp?
8. As a new prisoner in camp, what decision did Frankl believe "marked the culminating point of the first phase of [his] psychological reaction"?
9. What kind of curiosity does Frankl write that the prisoners had?
10. Due to the difficult conditions and the need to fight for survival, which prisoners does Frankl claim were most likely to survive life in the concentration camp?
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'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?
Essay Topic 3
Frankl describes the search for meaning as a human's primary psychological motivation. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
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