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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Logotherapy in a Nutshell" (through page 157).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Frankl describe the "size" of human suffering?
(a) It can never be as great as it was for prisoners in Auschwitz.
(b) It is relative.
(c) It is only perceptible to the individual.
(d) It is impossible to gauge.

2. What question does Frankl claim that more and more doctors are confronted with?
(a) Why do we all die?
(b) What is life?
(c) How can I act responsibly?
(d) Where can I find love?

3. What happens in the story of Death in Teheran?
(a) It is the story of a tragic death by fire in Teheran, which shows that all of us must die in the end.
(b) It is a story of a man who dies in Teheran, because of his own cruelty to his neighbors.
(c) Death threatens a servant who flees to Teheran, but Teheran is where Death plans to meet him.
(d) A man dies in Teheran, but faces his death bravely, and this inspires the theory of logotherapy.

4. What did Frankl visit with the camp's chief doctor?
(a) A meeting.
(b) A dinner with the SS.
(c) A conference.
(d) A spiritual seance.

5. What is Frankl's tone in "Basic Concepts of Logotherapy"?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad and concerned.
(c) Clinical.
(d) Serious and optimistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two kinds of people does Frankl say exist?

2. Frankl writes that suffering is unavoidable, so what matters most in the way that we respond to suffering?

3. What happened when prisoners, who were pressured for years, suddenly released that pressure?

4. How did Frankl respond to an SS officer who called him a pig, and asked him what his profession was?

5. Why does Frankl use the term logotherapy?

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