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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 claim about what man makes of himself?
(a) That he himself creates it.
(b) That his circumstances lead to it.
(c) That it is the cause of suffering.
(d) That it is the result of his childhood.

2. How important is the idea of individual choice for Frankl?
(a) For Frankl, individual choice can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom.
(b) Frankl considers this unimportant and inconsequential to happiness.
(c) Frankl understands individual choice as a myth, since the concentration camps show that we react profoundly by stress.
(d) Frankl believes that man is an accidental product of his environment.

3. Why does Frankl use the term logotherapy?
(a) Logo means "love" in Greek.
(b) Logo means "suffering" in Latin.
(c) A fellow prisoner coined the term, and Frankl uses it as a homage to him.
(d) Logo means "meaning" in Greek.

4. What kind of statue does Frankl argue should compliment the Statue of Liberty?
(a) A Statue of Meaning.
(b) A Statue of Responsibility.
(c) A Statue of Memory.
(d) A Statue of Hope.

5. Looking back at the experience of living in a concentration camp, what does Frankl say is the most wonderful feeling?
(a) That there is nothing left to fear -- except God.
(b) That there is no returning to camp.
(c) That so many survived.
(d) That the SS has been punished.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author describe smoking in the concentration camps?

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

3. What did the prisoners think of indoor work?

4. Frankl writes that values do not push, but pull people. Why does he make this distinction?

5. What have people who have failed at their own suicide attempts shared with Frankl?

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