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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 did Frankl think when he saw a group of convicts pass by?
2. What rule did the author establish for himself in Auschwitz?
3. What does the author claim helped to detach prisoner's minds from their surroundings?
4. How does the author describe the Capos?
5. Under what conditions does Frankl describe the SS beating prisoners?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does Frankl claim is the difficulty of his attempt at a methodical presentation of the psychology of the prisoner?
3. Who were termed "Moslems" in camp? What consequences did being called "Moslem" have?
4. 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?
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. How were prisoners separated when they arrived at Auschwitz?
7. 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?
8. 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?
9. What kind of curiosity does Frankl write that the prisoners had?
10. What were the beatings like in the concentration camp? What does Frankl argue was the worst part of these?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Frankl describes three distinct phases in the mental life of the prisoners he lived with in concentration camps. What characterizes each of these phases? Do you believe that these phases can be seen in any other situations or circumstances?
Essay Topic 2
In the preface to Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy, Dr. Gordon W. Allport writes, "Somewhere beyond the midpoint of the story Dr. Frankkl introduces his own philosophy of logotherapy." Do you believe that the use of Frankl's personal history, and the examples from the time he spent in concentration camps, adds to or takes away from his description of logotherapy? Would you understand logotherapy in the same way without this background?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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