Man's Search for Meaning Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What happened, according to the author, to the instinct to violence in the prisoners? (from "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 115))

It decreased as they saw the harm violence made.

It completely disappeared as they learned what being a victim was like.

They reacted more and more irritably when faced with violence.

It grew as they saw more and more violence.

2.

When does the third phase of the prisoners' psychology begin? (from "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 115))

After depression.

After all hope is lost.

Once they are no longer afraid.

At liberation.

3.

Why does the author decide not to try to escape the concentration camp? (from "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 72))

He decides that his recent good mood would make the escape too obvious, and asks his friend to escape on his own.

He believes that there is too much space outside the concentration camp, and they will not make it to the next populated town.

He decides that he would rather stay with his patients.

He fears that the route out of the camp is too visible.

4.

What importance does Frankl give to the numbers assigned to prisoners? (from "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 115))

The use of numbers was part of a program to erase the prisoner's name, history, and past.

This was just one more humiliation.

These were assigned because they were simpler and more economical to tattoo on prisoner's bodies than full names.

This was a method devised at Auschwitz in order to easily track prisoners that were transported from one concentration camp to another.

5.

Why does Frankl argue that the value of each person stays with him? (from "The Case for a Tragic Optimism" (through page 179))

Because it is how we are born.

Because we are all equals.

Because he saw in the prisoners that their value as human beings never left them.

Because it is based on their values in the past, not on usefulness.

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Man's Search for Meaning Quiz

Man's Search for Meaning Quiz

What happened, according to the author, to the instinct to violence in the prisoners? (from &quot;Experiences in a Concentration Camp&quot; (through page 115))

When does the third phase of the prisoners' psychology begin? (from &quot;Experiences in a Concentration Camp&quot; (through page 115))

Why does the author decide not to try to escape the concentration camp? (from &quot;Experiences in a Concentration Camp&quot; (through page 72))

What importance does Frankl give to the numbers assigned to prisoners? (from &quot;Experiences in a Concentration Camp&quot; (through page 115))

Why does Frankl argue that the value of each person stays with him? (from &quot;The Case for a Tragic Optimism&quot; (through page 179))

What happened, according to the author, to the instinct to violence in the prisoners? (from "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 115))

When does the third phase of the prisoners' psychology begin? (from "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 115))

Why does the author decide not to try to escape the concentration camp? (from "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 72))

What importance does Frankl give to the numbers assigned to prisoners? (from "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 115))

Why does Frankl argue that the value of each person stays with him? (from "The Case for a Tragic Optimism" (through page 179))