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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 happened when prisoners, who were pressured for years, suddenly released that pressure?

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

3. How does logotherapy deal with spiritual issues?

4. How important is the idea of individual choice for Frankl?

5. For Frankl, what makes life meaningful and purposeful?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Frankl see tension?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the preface to Man's Search for Meaning: An Introduction to Logotherapy, Dr. Gordon W. Allport writes, "Somewhere beyond the midpoint of the story Dr. Frankkl introduces his own philosophy of logotherapy." Do you believe that the use of Frankl's personal history, and the examples from the time he spent in concentration camps, adds to or takes away from his description of logotherapy? Would you understand logotherapy in the same way without this background?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Frankl describes three distinct phases in the mental life of the prisoners he lived with in concentration camps. What characterizes each of these phases? Do you believe that these phases can be seen in any other situations or circumstances?

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