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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. Under what conditions does Frankl describe the SS beating prisoners?
2. When the author arrived to the concentration camp, the group of arrivals were separated into two lines. What happened to these two groups?
3. What did Frankl think when he saw a group of convicts pass by?
4. Was there art in the concentration camp?
5. How does the author describe the Capos?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does Frankl describe a "delusion of reprieve"?
3. How were prisoners separated when they arrived at Auschwitz?
4. According to Frankl, what were the communal showers like? What was the attitude of the prisoners as they entered their first communal shower? Why is this important to Frankl?
5. How did Frankl win the favor of the Capo in his working party? Why was this important for him?
6. What were the initial conditions of camp life for the prisoners that arrived to Auschwitz with Frankl?
7. 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?
8. In "Experiences in a Concentration Camp," what does Frankl write happened when a train was prepared to transport prisoners?
9. What kind of curiosity does Frankl write that the prisoners had?
10. What did Frankl call to "run into the wire"? What role did this play in camp life, and in the mental lives of prisoners in camp?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Frankl writes of the danger of "anticipatory anxiety," which he claims is "characteristic of this fear that ... produces precisely that of which the patient is afraid." What examples does Frankl give of this kind of fear? What does he suggest people do to overcome this kind of fear? Do you agree or disagree with Frankl's understanding of fear?
Essay Topic 2
How does Frankl describe Auschwitz physically? How does this contribute to the overall feeling of the reader, and to his description of the psychology of the prisoners?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the difference between Capos and normal prisoners. How were each selected? Does Frankl present a balanced view of the behavior of each group? How does he justify his sympathies with normal prisoners?
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