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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Case for a Tragic Optimism" (through page 179).
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How do psychiatrists expect people to react in abnormal situations?
(a) They expect that a normal person in an abnormal situation will demonstrate severe stress.
(b) They expect an abnormal reaction according to the person's degree of normality.
(c) They expect mentally healthy people to have balanced reactions to such situations.
(d) They expect strong reactions.
2. Why does Frankl use the term logotherapy?
(a) Logo means "meaning" in Greek.
(b) A fellow prisoner coined the term, and Frankl uses it as a homage to him.
(c) Logo means "love" in Greek.
(d) Logo means "suffering" in Latin.
3. What is the "delusion of reprieve"?
(a) The idea that a condemned person has the illusion just before death that he will be saved.
(b) This is when a person deludes themself into believing that the worst is over, and the best is yet to come.
(c) When a psychiatric patient splits their own personality in two, in order to avoid dealing with trauma.
(d) The idea that many psychiatric patients have, that someone else is responsible for their own well-being.
4. How does Frankl write that Freudian psychotherapy deals with spiritual issues?
(a) Frankl writes that spirituality is dealt with by Freudian psychologists as a central issue in life, but it should be addressed with religious leaders.
(b) They are dealt with directly, and with respect for the difficulty that many patients have with these issues.
(c) They are not dealt with directly, but they are seen as having instinctual roots.
(d) Spiritual issues are not dealt with in psychotherapy.
5. Why were dead men thrown on trains transporting prisoners to different concentration camps?
(a) They were there to take up space, so that the prisoners would not have much room.
(b) If their number was on the list, their life was considered less important than their number.
(c) This was a cruel joke of the SS who wanted to horrify the other riders.
(d) They were sent to spread disease to the other prisoners on the train.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the school of therapy that Frankl stands for?
2. How did fellow prisoners respond when someone stole potatoes?
3. What does Frankl call "the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire."
4. Why does the author decide not to try to escape the concentration camp?
5. What does Frankl argue is the meaning of life?
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