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

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

3. Looking back at the experience of living in a concentration camp, what does Frankl say is the most wonderful feeling?

4. What did the camp doctor give his prisoners after they were liberated?

5. What is the name of the school of therapy that Frankl stands for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the meaning of love in logotherapy?

3. What opportunity does Frankl see in camp life?

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

5. What is anticipatory anxiety?

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

7. What does Frankl argue should supplement the Statue of Liberty and why?

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

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

10. What is the importance of suffering for Frankl?

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

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

How does Frankl characterize freedom? How do conditions affect freedom? What does he describe as the ultimate freedom?

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