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 does the author decide not to try to escape the concentration camp?
(a) He believes that there is too much space outside the concentration camp, and they will not make it to the next populated town.
(b) He fears that the route out of the camp is too visible.
(c) He decides that he would rather stay with his patients.
(d) He decides that his recent good mood would make the escape too obvious, and asks his friend to escape on his own.

2. In the most difficult moments of our existence, what does Frankl suggest is the salvation of man?
(a) To recall the past.
(b) To consider our favorite things.
(c) To pray.
(d) To look into the future.

3. How does the friend of the author, who "smuggled himself" into the author's hut, suggest that the prisoners try to stay alive?
(a) He recommends they shave, to look younger, and that they avoid showing discomfort to appear more fit.
(b) He offers them tips to get more food at meal time.
(c) He suggests that they never speak around SS officers.
(d) He recommends that they sleep every moment that they get a chance, to be energetic in their work.

4. What did prisoners often discuss when they had a free moment?
(a) The past.
(b) Food.
(c) Fear of death.
(d) Escape.

5. Can logotherapy be used with neurotic individuals?
(a) Frankl believes that they should be seen first by someone using a more dogmatic approach.
(b) Frankl writes that they should be treated medically.
(c) Frankl argues that they should not use logotherapy until they are treated medically.
(d) Frankl writes that they, in particular, can benefit from logotherapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frankl think of the concept of collective guilt?

2. What role does suffering play in life, according to Frankl?

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

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

5. How does the existential vacuum manifest itself?

(see the answer key)

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