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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. Can logotherapy be used with neurotic individuals?

2. Why does Frankl use the term logotherapy?

3. Who does Frankl quote (more than once) as writing: "He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how."

4. What does Frankl write about the moral drive?

5. What does Frankl write was the most depressing feature of life in a concentration camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has Frankl termed "noogenic neuroses"?

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

4. What is the importance of suffering for Frankl?

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

6. What opportunity does Frankl see in camp life?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Frankl's description of life in camp deals mostly with his own experience and the experiences of the men he was surrounded by. Women and children are nearly absent. Describe how you imagine life for a woman or child living under these circumstances might be different. Do you believe they would live through the same mental stages?

Essay Topic 2

Frankl writes of how two men who were contemplating suicide seemed to have lost meaning in their lives. He writes, "In both cases it was a question of getting them to realize that life was still expecting something from them; something in the future was expected of them." How does Frankl understand and describe those who commit suicide? What role does finding the meaning in their lives play for him? Does he sympathize with their despair over their feeling of meaningless and suffering? Does he understand suicide to be a choice, or a simple reaction to unfavorable circumstances? Is this understood as characteristic of neurosis?

Essay Topic 3

What role does Frankl give to the subconscious? What role does he give the conscience? Does he address simple, innate human drives?

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