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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the senior block warden who had a dream that he would be free on March thirtieth?
(a) He committed suicide a month prior.
(b) He had another dream on March thirtieth that they would be freed on July third.
(c) He died on March thirty-first.
(d) He fell ill on March thirty-first and died a month later.

2. How does Frankl write that love is interpreted in psychotherapy?
(a) As an unimportant aspect of life.
(b) As the result of early family dynamics.
(c) As a troublesome part of life that often leads to difficulty.
(d) As a phenomenon of sexual drives and instincts.

3. What does Frankl believe makes a person "worthy of his sufferings or not"?
(a) Their ability to "focus on the positive aspects of their past."
(b) Whether "he makes use of" or forgoes "the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him."
(c) Their ability to remove desire from their lives.
(d) Their "focus on love," and their "lack of consideration for their own suffering."

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

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

6. What are the ways that logotherapy believes meaning in life can be found?
(a) Through love and service.
(b) Through deeds, experiencing a value, or suffering.
(c) Through meditation and following an inner voice.
(d) Through art, love, and meditation.

7. What happened, according to the author, to the instinct to violence in the prisoners?
(a) It decreased as they saw the harm violence made.
(b) They reacted more and more irritably when faced with violence.
(c) It completely disappeared as they learned what being a victim was like.
(d) It grew as they saw more and more violence.

8. Frankl cites a study of students at Johns Hopkins University. What did the students cite as important to them?
(a) Searching for love.
(b) Finding meaning.
(c) Finding dignity.
(d) Making money.

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

10. How did Frankl himself realize he was free?
(a) He returned to work, and was treated with respect by his clients for the first time in years.
(b) He saw a former fellow prisoner, and they realized how different they each looked.
(c) When walking down the street, someone called his name, and he realized that he had his identity back.
(d) Walking alone in a field, he fell to his knees, recalling his former prayers for freedom.

11. For Frankl, what makes life meaningful and purposeful?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Hope for the future.
(c) Spiritual freedom.
(d) Love.

12. 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) "Morality is measured in small moments."
(d) "By respecting nature, we learn to respect ourselves."

13. What is the existential vacuum?
(a) Lack of love in life.
(b) A kind of therapy for patients with existential issues.
(c) A process that patients with anxiety problems use to return to normal.
(d) Lack of meaning in life.

14. What is "hyper-intention"?
(a) When an excess of energy creates a lack of meaning.
(b) When an excess of intention makes the intended goal impossible.
(c) This term is not used in the book.
(d) When a person is so intent on a goal that they are hyper.

15. What does Frankl claim is the nature of meaning?
(a) It is found in suffering, like when he was a prisoner.
(b) It is not important because nothing has true meaning.
(c) It does not emerge from existence, but confronting existence.
(d) Love is the true meaning of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frankl suggest happens to "self-centeredness" in logotherapy?

2. What did the camp doctor give his prisoners after they were liberated?

3. Why does Frankl use the term logotherapy?

4. Looking back at the experience of living in a concentration camp, what does Frankl say is the most wonderful feeling?

5. What role does suffering play in life, according to Frankl?

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