VOCAB
This adjective describes someone too slow to understand; dull.
What is obtuse?
Ruth’s strict, abusive father who ran a store in Suffolk.
Who is Tateh?
The state James moves to after living in New York.
What is Delaware?
Frankl’s profession before and after the war.
What is psychiatrist?
The city James eventually attends college in.
What is New York City?
This noun is defined as the specialized language of people in the same profession
What is jargon?
James’s second father figure and the man Ruth marries after Dennis’s death.
Who is Hunter Jordan?
The instrument James plays as a young musician.
What is the trumpet?
The title Frankl gives to the first phase of a prisoner’s psychological reaction.
What is shock?
This verb is defined as to go back and forth, mentally, from one alternative to another; hesitate
This adjective describes someone who is too thrifty; stingy; miserly
What is parsimonious?
The camp prisoner who acts like a guard (because he's emboldened to).
What is a capo?
The number of children Ruth raises.
The title Frankl gives to the second phase of a prisoner’s psychological reaction.
What is apathy?
Ruth’s mother, who silently endures her husband’s abuse.
Who is Mameh?
This adjective describes someone who is wise; sensible
What is sagacious?
James’s older sister who often acts as a caretaker and stabilizing presence.
Who is Jack?
The religion Ruth practices after leaving Judaism.
What is Christianity?
The freedom Frankl argues can never be taken away.
What is the ability to choose one's attitude?
This verb is defined as to attack or ridicule through humorous imitation; spoof.
What is lampoon?
This noun is another word for hatred.
What is enmity?
Holocaust survivor dubbed “The Happiest Man in the World”
Who is Eddie Jaku?
The man Ruth dates before Dennis who ultimately rejects her.
Who is Peter?
The forced labor camp Frankl was sent to after Auschwitz.
What is Dachau?
The woman Frankl imagines speaking to in moments of despair.
Who is his wife?