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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. Who does the author describe smoking in the concentration camps?
(a) Railway workers.
(b) Prison doctors.
(c) The Capo and the suicidal.
(d) The prisoners who worked in the kitchen.

2. What did the camp doctor give his prisoners after they were liberated?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Magazines.
(d) Whiskey.

3. How does Frankl characterize unnecessary suffering?
(a) As more meaningful than any other kind of suffering.
(b) As masochistic.
(c) As heroic.
(d) As tragic.

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

5. What does Frankl write is the aim of traditional Freudian psychotherapy?
(a) Relieving pain.
(b) Recalling the past.
(c) Restoring pleasure and happiness.
(d) Creating a vision for the future

Short Answer Questions

1. When was there a free fight among the prisoners?

2. Were all foremen harsh and cruel?

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

4. How does the friend of the author, who "smuggled himself" into the author's hut, suggest that the prisoners try to stay alive?

5. Frankl was sent to another camp after his stay in Auschwitz. Why were the prisoners there pleased?

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