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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 are noo-dynamics?

2. How does Frankl respond to those who claimed they would commit suicide because "they had nothing to expect from life any more"?

3. What does Frankl argue man determines about his life?

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

5. What does Frankl suggest happens to "self-centeredness" in logotherapy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the "existential vacuum" that Frankl describes?

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

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

5. What is the meaning of love in logotherapy?

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

7. What is the importance of suffering for Frankl?

8. What has Frankl termed "noogenic neuroses"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 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?

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