Man's Search for Meaning Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Man's Search for Meaning Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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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. Why did the Capo in the author's working party do him favors?
(a) The author aided him in finding the strongest men to work on his team.
(b) The author was his doctor before he was put in prison.
(c) This Capo favored him because they were from the same hometown.
(d) The author listened to his marital problems and offered psychotherapeutic advice.

2. What is "hyper-intention"?
(a) When a person is so intent on a goal that they are hyper.
(b) When an excess of intention makes the intended goal impossible.
(c) This term is not used in the book.
(d) When an excess of energy creates a lack of meaning.

3. What does Frankl relate about an American diplomat who, after years of psychotherapy, went to logotherapy?
(a) The diplomat decided that he no longer needed therapy because his life already was full of meaning.
(b) The diplomat learned from logotherapy that his problem was that he understood his job added to the suffering of others, and for that reason he quit.
(c) The diplomat, who was suicidal, and understood this as the result of his difficult infancy, finally learned to focus on the future, and decided not to take his life.
(d) After years of exploring the instinctual roots of a spiritual problem, in logotherapy, his desire to change jobs was taken seriously.

4. How is humor characterized in camp life?
(a) The SS offices, and occassionally the Capos, are the only people in camp who use humor.
(b) Prisoners use humor as a weapon in self-preservation.
(c) Black humor is the most common kind of humor in camp.
(d) Humor is rarely used.

5. What is Frankl's tone in the section "The Case for a Tragic Optimism"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Upset.

Short Answer Questions

1. What importance does Frankl give to the numbers assigned to prisoners?

2. How does Frankl characterize unnecessary suffering?

3. How does Frankl write that love is interpreted in psychotherapy?

4. Who narrates this story?

5. Why did prisoners try to get to the center of the lines that workers formed in the morning?

(see the answer key)

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