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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 did Frankl visit with the camp's chief doctor?
(a) A spiritual seance.
(b) A meeting.
(c) A dinner with the SS.
(d) A conference.

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

3. What job do those who greet the prisoners as they arrive to the concentration camp do?
(a) They find prisoners who are willing to lie about their identities.
(b) They decide which women are not strong enough to work.
(c) They separate the sick from the fit.
(d) They take charge of the belongings of the new arrivals.

4. What does Frankl use as an example of what "man is capable of"?
(a) World War I.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) Stories from the prisoners in Illinois.
(d) His own survival.

5. How dogmatic does Frankl claim logotherapy is?
(a) Frankl claims it is one of the least dogmatic schools around.
(b) Frankl writes that the fact that it is the most dogmatic school in existence will make it quite possible to use it to change the world.
(c) Frankl claims that though it is dogmatic, this will keep it pure and useful.
(d) Frankl is silent on this point.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frankl write that one forces oneself to be optimistic?

2. Where does the author of the book travel in a "prison car" with small peepholes?

3. Were all foremen harsh and cruel?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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