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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. Frankl writes that "every age has its own collective neurosis." What does he characterize as the neurosis of his day?

2. Frankl cites a study of students at Johns Hopkins University. What did the students cite as important to them?

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

4. What happened to the senior block warden who had a dream that he would be free on March thirtieth?

5. How does Frankl write that love is interpreted in psychotherapy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is anticipatory anxiety?

2. What opportunity does Frankl see in camp life?

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

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

5. What has Frankl termed "noogenic neuroses"?

6. What is the meaning of love in logotherapy?

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

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

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

10. What is the importance of suffering for Frankl?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Frankl describe Auschwitz physically? How does this contribute to the overall feeling of the reader, and to his description of the psychology of the prisoners?

Essay Topic 2

Frankl writes of the danger of "anticipatory anxiety," which he claims is "characteristic of this fear that ... produces precisely that of which the patient is afraid." What examples does Frankl give of this kind of fear? What does he suggest people do to overcome this kind of fear? Do you agree or disagree with Frankl's understanding of fear?

Essay Topic 3

What would Frankl say is the difference between those who are able to overcome life's problems and those who are not? What examples from the concentration camps might he use to illustrate this difference? What role do circumstances play in their survival? What role does their mental outlook take?

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