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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Frankl's opinion of love?

2. What does Frankl write about those with very difficult circumstances, such as being diagnosed with a terminal illness?

3. What "deep concern" does Frankl write helped him to survive Auschwitz?

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

5. What does Frankl write about responsibility?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What opportunity does Frankl see in camp life?

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

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

6. What is the meaning of love in logotherapy?

7. In what way does Frankl argue that prisoners could retain "the last of the human freedoms?"

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

9. How did Frankl leave Auschwitz? What happened at the camp after Frankl left Auschwitz?

10. What has Frankl termed "noogenic neuroses"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frankl writes that the Capo and the SS had similar roles, and that they should be judged on a similar psychological basis. What did Frankl think about the psychology of these two groups?

Essay Topic 2

What informs the principles of logotherapy? Did anything beyond the personal experiences of the author influence this theory? How does Frankl's life experience and example embody or exemplify the principles of logotherapy? What do you see as the strengths and weaknesses of this theory? What do therapists practicing logotherapy do for their patients? What is the aim in logotherapy?

Essay Topic 3

Frankl writes, "Noogenic neuroses do not emerge from conflicts between drives and instincts but rather from conflicts between various values; in other words, from moral conflicts, or, to speak in a more general way, from spiritual problems." What role do Noogenic neuroses play in his theory of logotherapy?

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