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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 happens to "self-centeredness" in logotherapy?
(a) It is fostered in order to build confidence.
(b) It is broken up.
(c) It is made evident.
(d) It is used to show the patient how their thought pattern should change.

2. How does Frankl believe that the young should respond to the old?
(a) Frankl argues that the young should teach the old about changes in the world.
(b) Frankl argues that the young should envy the old.
(c) Frankl argues that the young should help the old.
(d) Frankl argues the young should learn from the old.

3. What does Frankl argue man determines about his life?
(a) Man decides whether or not to suffer.
(b) Man decides if he will listen to his inner voice.
(c) Man decides what he will be.
(d) Man decides whether or not he will live in love.

4. What kind of event does the author attend with the camp's chief officer?
(a) A medical presentation on Measles.
(b) A meeting where SS officials discuss punishment.
(c) A seance.
(d) A private meal.

5. What did Frankl speak to his fellow prisoners about when their morale was low?
(a) Love.
(b) Hygiene.
(c) Hope.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frankl write about responsibility?

2. What did Frankl advise prisoners in an Illinois penitentiary?

3. When comparing logotherapy and Freudian psychotherapy, what does Frankl write is the focus of logotherapy?

4. What is Frankl's tone in the section "The Case for a Tragic Optimism"?

5. Who narrates this story?

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