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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frankl write about those with very difficult circumstances, such as being diagnosed with a terminal illness?
(a) He writes that these circumstances create martyrs.
(b) He believes that people can rise above his outward fate.
(c) Frankl believes that these circumstances would cause anyone to suffer terribly.
(d) He believes that those who are discreet and do not complain can die with dignity.

2. How does logotherapy deal with spiritual issues?
(a) Seriously, in spiritual terms.
(b) Logotherapy does not deal with these issues.
(c) As unnecessary because there is no single meaning.
(d) As instincts.

3. Why does Dr. Frankl describe that he sits next to corpses "crawling with lice" but they did not bother him?
(a) He mentions this to illustrate the ideas that he was so emotionally detached that he simply didn't care who was near him.
(b) This was a space where he could find short periods of solitude.
(c) He was thankful, as he looked at these corpses, that he had not yet died.
(d) He was happy, sitting near these corpses, thinking about the lives that he was able to save as a doctor.

4. What "deep concern" does Frankl write helped him to survive Auschwitz?
(a) His desire to get even with the SS.
(b) His desire to rewrite a manuscript.
(c) His desire to serve others.
(d) His desire to find his mom.

5. What role does suffering play in life, according to Frankl?
(a) It is a meaningful part of life.
(b) It is a part of life to be worked through to get to a more hopeful future.
(c) It is a necessary evil from which we can all learn valuable life lessons.
(d) It is best avoided to the extent possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frankl believe makes a person "worthy of his sufferings or not"?

2. What does Frankl write was the most depressing feature of life in a concentration camp?

3. In contrast to psychoanalysis, what does Frankl claim logotherapy is centered around?

4. What does Frankl term "pan-determinism".

5. What does Frankl claim is the nature of meaning?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frankl compare his logotherapy to Freud's psychoanalysis?

2. How does Frankl describe the character of the prisoners and the guards?

3. What prompted Frankl to speak to the prisoners about hope? What did he say?

4. What was the third stage of a the prisoner's mental reaction? How does Frankl characterize this?

5. What does Frankl argue should supplement the Statue of Liberty and why?

6. In logotherapy, what is the supra-meaning?

7. What were some of the negative things that former prisoners had to deal with after their release?

8. What has Frankl termed "noogenic neuroses"?

9. What does Frankl write is the "crowning" experience for former prisoners?

10. What happened when a patient who had been through psychoanalysis went to logotherapy? What difference between these approaches does Frankl illustrate with this account?

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