Man's Search for Meaning Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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Man's Search for Meaning Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Logotherapy in a Nutshell" (through page 157).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In logotherapy, how is the search for meaning seen?
(a) As a game because there is no meaning.
(b) As a primary motivational force.
(c) As important, but not necessary.
(d) As less important than just accepting suffering.

2. Was there art in the concentration camp?
(a) No, there was no such thing as the rules prohibiting self-expression were strict.
(b) No, the prisoners were far too depressed to care for art.
(c) Yes, there were gatherings with songs, poems, jokes, and some satire.
(d) Yes, there were many prisoners (including Frankl) who attempted literature.

3. What does Frankl suggest is the meaning of life?
(a) Love.
(b) Creative work is the purpose of life.
(c) Charitable work or work that advances the common causes of humanity.
(d) It is different for each individual.

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

5. What does Frankl term "pan-determinism".
(a) The psychoanalytic tendency to ignore that man makes some decisions.
(b) The idea that religious ideas are unimportant.
(c) The tendency in therapy for patients to blame others rather than taking responsibility for their own lives.
(d) This is not a term used in the text.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before writing the second section of this text, had Frankl described logotherapy in writing?

2. What was the main characteristic of the second phase of the prisoner's mental life?

3. Why does Dr. Frankl describe that he sits next to corpses "crawling with lice" but they did not bother him?

4. Why was the author not bothered by sitting near lice-infested human corpses?

5. Frankl writes that values do not push, but pull people. Why does he make this distinction?

(see the answer key)

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