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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 call "existential frustration"?
(a) The kind of frustration that comes from having superficial relationships.
(b) A frustration that results when suffering does not lead to meaning.
(c) A frustration that stems from the dull nature of existence.
(d) The result of frustrating man's will to meaning.

2. What did the prison car that Frankl took pass?
(a) A beach.
(b) His old home.
(c) A beautiful lake.
(d) His mother's home.

3. What did Frankl try to teach a former prisoner who felt that he could trample crops in a field because he had been through so much himself?
(a) "The way that you behave when nobody is watching speaks loudly of you."
(b) "No one has the right to do wrong."
(c) "By respecting nature, we learn to respect ourselves."
(d) "Morality is measured in small moments."

4. What is called "hyper-intention" in logotherapy?
(a) Intending to create happiness, but not focusing enough to make it happen.
(b) Focusing on a goal in such a way that the goal is hindered.
(c) Fear of SS officers even after release from the concentration camps.
(d) Worrying over what to do with an excess of energy rather than channeling it.

5. What is Frankl's tone in "Basic Concepts of Logotherapy"?
(a) Serious and optimistic.
(b) Sad and concerned.
(c) Clinical.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the exceptions to the "cultural hibernation" in camp?

2. What does Frankl claim is the most important part of suffering?

3. What are the ways that logotherapy believes meaning in life can be found?

4. Why were dead men thrown on trains transporting prisoners to different concentration camps?

5. What did the prisoners think of indoor work?

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