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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Frankl define the difference between how he and Jean-Paul Sartre define the meaning of our existence?
(a) Both agree that meaning is central to life, but Sartre believes it is important in how others see us.
(b) For Frankl, we find our meaning, For Sartre, we invent it.
(c) While Frankl considers meaning important in life, Sartre only considers it interesting, but not essential.
(d) While Frankl argues that the meaning of life is love, Sartre believes that the meaning of life has no connection to others.

2. How did fellow prisoners respond when someone stole potatoes?
(a) Rather than turn him in, they chose to be punished.
(b) Nobody could figure out who he was.
(c) When they realized this could be done, they began to organize to steal collectively.
(d) They turned him in to the SS for extra soup.

3. What did Frankl try to reconstruct, that he lost when he arrived to Auschwitz?
(a) A sling for his injured arm.
(b) The inserts in his shoes.
(c) A manuscript.
(d) A ring.

4. Frankl writes that values do not push, but pull people. Why does he make this distinction?
(a) To show that there is always freedom of choice.
(b) To demonstrate that people are born with values.
(c) To argue that man does not create values, but instead recognizes them.
(d) To show that they are part of the inner life of man.

5. How does Frankl write that love is interpreted in psychotherapy?
(a) As the result of early family dynamics.
(b) As an unimportant aspect of life.
(c) As a phenomenon of sexual drives and instincts.
(d) As a troublesome part of life that often leads to difficulty.

6. How does Frankl respond to those who claimed they would commit suicide because "they had nothing to expect from life any more"?
(a) "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us."
(b) "You must truly listen to your own inner voice, and you will find that there is much more that you can expect."
(c) "Happiness can still be achieved."
(d) "Man was made to suffer, but there is meaning in suffering. With great humility this is possible."

7. When does the third phase of the prisoners' psychology begin?
(a) At liberation.
(b) Once they are no longer afraid.
(c) After depression.
(d) After all hope is lost.

8. Frankl cites a study of students at Johns Hopkins University. What did the students cite as important to them?
(a) Finding meaning.
(b) Finding dignity.
(c) Searching for love.
(d) Making money.

9. What does Frankl term supra-meaning?
(a) An ultimate meaning that transcends man's intellectual capabilities.
(b) A spiritual understanding that transcends our ability to describe it in words.
(c) He does not use this term.
(d) A level of understanding meaning that transcends the individual and can only be understood within groups.

10. What kind of statue does Frankl argue should compliment the Statue of Liberty?
(a) A Statue of Memory.
(b) A Statue of Meaning.
(c) A Statue of Hope.
(d) A Statue of Responsibility.

11. What does Frankl argue man determines about his life?
(a) Man decides whether or not to suffer.
(b) Man decides what he will be.
(c) Man decides whether or not he will live in love.
(d) Man decides if he will listen to his inner voice.

12. What caused former prisoners to feel bitterness?
(a) The lack of response from people in prisoners' former hometowns.
(b) The fact that they lost nearly all of their material wealth, and had to start anew.n
(c) That they lost the company of their former prisonmates.
(d) That the SS also went free.

13. What role does suffering play in life, according to Frankl?
(a) It is a meaningful part of life.
(b) It is best avoided to the extent possible.
(c) It is a part of life to be worked through to get to a more hopeful future.
(d) It is a necessary evil from which we can all learn valuable life lessons.

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

15. How does Frankl's understanding of individual meaning differ from that of Jean-Paul Sartre?
(a) For Sartre, it is invented. For Frankl it is found.
(b) Frankl took the idea from Sartre, and his definition is the same.
(c) Sartre believes that meaning is collective. Frankl believes it is individual.
(d) Sartre believes there is no meaning. Frankl believes it is crucial to life.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a journalist asked Frankl to describe logotherapy in a sentence, how did he respond?

2. In logotherapy, how is the search for meaning seen?

3. Why does Frankl use the term logotherapy?

4. Frankl writes that suffering is unavoidable, so what matters most in the way that we respond to suffering?

5. What kind of neuroses result from existential frustration?

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