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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. Frankl writes that suffering is unavoidable, so what matters most in the way that we respond to suffering?
(a) Our love for one another.
(b) Our understanding of why we have been chosen to suffer.
(c) Our ability to understand our suffering as part of the story of our life.
(d) Our attitude.

2. What does Frankl write was the most depressing feature of life in a concentration camp?
(a) Not knowing how long the imprisonment would last.
(b) Feeling impotent to affect the future.
(c) Losing a sense of individuality.
(d) Stress in general.

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

4. What is Frankl's opinion of love?
(a) True service to another human being leads to a meaningful life.
(b) It is the only way to grasp another human being.
(c) It is a great way to find meaning.
(d) It is essential to a happy life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does logotherapy deal with spiritual issues?

2. In logotherapy, how is the search for meaning seen?

3. What does Frankl term supra-meaning?

4. How does Frankl define the difference between how he and Jean-Paul Sartre define the meaning of our existence?

5. What is the author's tone of voice in this, the second section, of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frankl observe about sexuality in the concentration camp?

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

3. How does Frankl describe the "will to meaning"?

4. What is anticipatory anxiety?

5. What does Frankl claim happened to the inner life of prisoners in concentration camp?

6. What is the meaning of love in logotherapy?

7. What opportunity does Frankl see in camp life?

8. What is "existential frustration" for Frankl?

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

10. How does Frankl see tension?

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