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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Experiences in a Concentration Camp" (through page 115).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How important is the idea of individual choice for Frankl?
(a) Frankl considers this unimportant and inconsequential to happiness.
(b) Frankl understands individual choice as a myth, since the concentration camps show that we react profoundly by stress.
(c) For Frankl, individual choice can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom.
(d) Frankl believes that man is an accidental product of his environment.

2. What did Frankl learn happened at Auschwitz after he left?
(a) Prisoners killed an SS officer.
(b) There was a fire.
(c) Frankl's friend broke his leg and was sent to the gas chamber.
(d) Cannibalism broke out.

3. What does Frankl suggest happens to "self-centeredness" in logotherapy?
(a) It is used to show the patient how their thought pattern should change.
(b) It is made evident.
(c) It is fostered in order to build confidence.
(d) It is broken up.

4. What rule did the author establish for himself in Auschwitz?
(a) He would work as hard as possible when given a task.
(b) He would answer all questions truthfully.
(c) He would try to earn the confidence of everyone he met.
(d) He would always eat his food slowly to enjoy it as much as possible.

5. How did Frankl respond to an SS officer who called him a pig, and asked him what his profession was?
(a) He said he had been a psychiatrist, and understood perfectly what his issues were.
(b) He told him he was a doctor who did charitable work.
(c) He refused to speak.
(d) He argued that it was none of his business, and then tried to hit him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Frankl speak to his fellow prisoners about when their morale was low?

2. What did prisoners often discuss when they had a free moment?

3. During the time that the author spent in concentration camps, what does he describe as his main work?

4. Under what conditions does Frankl describe the SS beating prisoners?

5. What did the more "prominent" prisoners, the Capo, develop in camp?

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