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

2. What are noo-dynamics?

3. How did fellow prisoners respond when someone stole potatoes?

4. What does Frankl write about the moral drive?

5. What is Frankl's opinion of love?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "existential frustration" for Frankl?

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

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

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

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

6. What is the meaning of love in logotherapy?

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

8. What happened when a patient who had been through psychoanalysis went to logotherapy? What difference between these approaches does Frankl illustrate with this account?

9. What opportunity does Frankl see in camp life?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the difference between Capos and normal prisoners. How were each selected? Does Frankl present a balanced view of the behavior of each group? How does he justify his sympathies with normal prisoners?

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