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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Case for a Tragic Optimism" (through page 179).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main characteristic of the second phase of the prisoner's mental life?
(a) Violence.
(b) Anger.
(c) Love.
(d) Apathy.

2. After the liberation of the camp, why does the SS take most of the remaining prisoners?
(a) To send them to Switzerland.
(b) To take them to another camp.
(c) To torture them so that they would not speak of their experiences.
(d) To kill them.

3. Frankl writes that suffering is unavoidable, so what matters most in the way that we respond to suffering?
(a) Our understanding of why we have been chosen to suffer.
(b) Our love for one another.
(c) Our ability to understand our suffering as part of the story of our life.
(d) Our attitude.

4. Frankl was sent to another camp after his stay in Auschwitz. Why were the prisoners there pleased?
(a) The food was good.
(b) There was no snow.
(c) The SS was not as cruel.
(d) There were no gas chambers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Frankl was scheduled to be transported to another camp, what did the chief doctor do?

2. Where does the author claim that most of the extermination took place?

3. Who does the author claim entertained thoughts of suicide in the concentration camp?

4. How does Frankl respond to those who claimed they would commit suicide because "they had nothing to expect from life any more"?

5. What did Frankl try to teach a former prisoner who felt that he could trample crops in a field because he had been through so much himself?

(see the answer key)

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