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

2. How did Frankl earn the favor of "The Murderous Capo"?
(a) He spoke to him of hope.
(b) He applauded him.
(c) He held his hand.
(d) He gave him psychological advice.

3. What concentration camp does the author describe traveling to?
(a) Buchenwald.
(b) Sachsenhausen.
(c) Dachau.
(d) Auschwitz.

4. What does Frankl write about the moral drive?
(a) It was ignored by Freud, but Frankl discovered it.
(b) When it is not addressed serious, it can have serious consequences.
(c) It is an important drive.
(d) No such drive can ever exist.

5. What did the more "prominent" prisoners, the Capo, develop in camp?
(a) Dementia.
(b) Major depressive disorder.
(c) Delusions of grandeur.
(d) Delirium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of sickness affected most of the prisoners in 1945?

2. What did Frankl try to reconstruct, that he lost when he arrived to Auschwitz?

3. What characterizes the second phase of a prisoner's mental state?

4. What are "premium coupons"?

5. What did the prisoners think of indoor work?

(see the answer key)

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