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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 does Frankl argue hurts most about being hit?
2. What does the author think about during difficult moments?
3. What concentration camp does the author describe traveling to?
4. What kind of complex does the author write prisoners suffered from?
5. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Frankl describe a "delusion of reprieve"?
2. How did the Capo alter the normal reactions of those prisoners assigned to clean latrines?
3. How does Frankl categorize the psychological response to such an abnormal situation as life in a concentration camp?
4. What were the initial conditions of camp life for the prisoners that arrived to Auschwitz with Frankl?
5. In "Experiences in a Concentration Camp," what does Frankl write happened when a train was prepared to transport prisoners?
6. What were the beatings like in the concentration camp? What does Frankl argue was the worst part of these?
7. How were prisoners separated when they arrived at Auschwitz?
8. In the first section of Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy, Frankl writes of his job working to lay tracks for a railway line. What was this job like? Who paid for it?
9. What does Frankl claim is the difficulty of his attempt at a methodical presentation of the psychology of the prisoner?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Frankl quotes Nietzsche multiple times in this book, writing, "He who has a why to live for can bear any how." How does this quote reflect Frankl's ideas and tone in Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy?
Essay Topic 2
How does Frankl characterize freedom? How do conditions affect freedom? What does he describe as the ultimate freedom?
Essay Topic 3
What would Frankl say is the difference between those who are able to overcome life's problems and those who are not? What examples from the concentration camps might he use to illustrate this difference? What role do circumstances play in their survival? What role does their mental outlook take?
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