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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 is the "delusion of reprieve"?
(a) The idea that many psychiatric patients have, that someone else is responsible for their own well-being.
(b) The idea that a condemned person has the illusion just before death that he will be saved.
(c) This is when a person deludes themself into believing that the worst is over, and the best is yet to come.
(d) When a psychiatric patient splits their own personality in two, in order to avoid dealing with trauma.

2. How many mental phases does the author claim that concentration camp prisoners go through?
(a) Four phases.
(b) Three distinct phases.
(c) Ten distinct phases.
(d) Two separate phases.

3. Why did Frankl have to leave his shoes unlaced?
(a) He suffered from edema.
(b) His socks, though warm, were the wrong size.
(c) He was given shoes that were too small.
(d) He injured his ankle and had a hidden makeshift cast.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frankl call "existential frustration"?

2. What have people who have failed at their own suicide attempts shared with Frankl?

3. When Frankl ran the neurological department of a general hospital, what did he say he witnessed?

4. What happens in the story of Death in Teheran?

5. What does Frankl call mysterium iniquitatis?

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