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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. In logotherapy, how is the search for meaning seen?
(a) As less important than just accepting suffering.
(b) As a primary motivational force.
(c) As a game because there is no meaning.
(d) As important, but not necessary.

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

3. What does Frankl claim is the most important part of suffering?
(a) The way that leads to love.
(b) One's attitude in the face of it.
(c) The way that one maintains peace in the face of hardship.
(d) How one uses it to serve others.

4. Why does Frankl believe that man behaves morally?
(a) Man decides to act morally.
(b) Most men are moral.
(c) Man has a moral drive.
(d) Man is instinctively moral and religious.

5. What is the name of the school of therapy that Frankl stands for?
(a) Hypno-therapy.
(b) Logotherapy.
(c) Psychotherapy.
(d) Behavioral therapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of statue does Frankl argue should compliment the Statue of Liberty?

2. 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?

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

4. Can logotherapy be used with neurotic individuals?

5. For Frankl, what makes life meaningful and purposeful?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Frankl see tension?

3. What is the meaning of love in logotherapy?

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

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

6. What does Frankl write happened to prisoners who lost hope in the future?

7. What is "existential frustration" for Frankl?

8. What opportunity does Frankl see in camp life?

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

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

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