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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 does Frankl suggest alcoholics and drug addicts suffer from?
(a) Depression.
(b) Fatigue.
(c) Meaninglessness.
(d) Inferiority complexes.

2. Why does Frankl believe that man behaves morally?
(a) Man is instinctively moral and religious.
(b) Man decides to act morally.
(c) Most men are moral.
(d) Man has a moral drive.

3. What did Frankl learn happened at Auschwitz after he left?
(a) Frankl's friend broke his leg and was sent to the gas chamber.
(b) There was a fire.
(c) Prisoners killed an SS officer.
(d) Cannibalism broke out.

4. What kind of outbreak affected the prisoners at the author's camp?
(a) Measles.
(b) Typhus.
(c) A strong seasonal flu.
(d) Scarlet Fever.

5. How did Frankl himself realize he was free?
(a) He saw a former fellow prisoner, and they realized how different they each looked.
(b) Walking alone in a field, he fell to his knees, recalling his former prayers for freedom.
(c) He returned to work, and was treated with respect by his clients for the first time in years.
(d) When walking down the street, someone called his name, and he realized that he had his identity back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frankl say society confuses with dignity?

2. What does Frankl call "the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire."

3. What does Frankl argue is the meaning of life?

4. What kind of statue does Frankl argue should compliment the Statue of Liberty?

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

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