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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. When does the third phase of the prisoners' psychology begin?
(a) After all hope is lost.
(b) At liberation.
(c) After depression.
(d) Once they are no longer afraid.

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

3. What does Frankl write about responsibility?
(a) Frankl writes that the therapist is responsible for the direction of each therapy session.
(b) It is important to note that the SS were not the only responsible parties involved in torture.
(c) Logotherapy is responsible for improving the world.
(d) Logotherapy tries to impress on each patient their responsibility.

4. What does Frankl write about the moral drive?
(a) No such drive can ever exist.
(b) It was ignored by Freud, but Frankl discovered it.
(c) When it is not addressed serious, it can have serious consequences.
(d) It is an important drive.

5. How does Frankl write that Freudian psychotherapy deals with spiritual issues?
(a) Frankl writes that spirituality is dealt with by Freudian psychologists as a central issue in life, but it should be addressed with religious leaders.
(b) They are dealt with directly, and with respect for the difficulty that many patients have with these issues.
(c) Spiritual issues are not dealt with in psychotherapy.
(d) They are not dealt with directly, but they are seen as having instinctual roots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened, according to the author, to the instinct to violence in the prisoners?

2. What did the more "prominent" prisoners, the Capo, develop in camp?

3. In the most difficult moments of our existence, what does Frankl suggest is the salvation of man?

4. How does logotherapy deal with spiritual issues?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the meaning of love in logotherapy?

3. According to Frankl, what allowed the prisoners to be able to predict their deaths?

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

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

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

7. How does Frankl see tension?

8. What is anticipatory anxiety?

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

10. What has Frankl termed "noogenic neuroses"?

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