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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the school of therapy that Frankl stands for?
(a) Hypno-therapy.
(b) Behavioral therapy.
(c) Logotherapy.
(d) Psychotherapy.

2. What does Frankl term "pan-determinism".
(a) This is not a term used in the text.
(b) The idea that religious ideas are unimportant.
(c) The psychoanalytic tendency to ignore that man makes some decisions.
(d) The tendency in therapy for patients to blame others rather than taking responsibility for their own lives.

3. How does Frankl write that love is interpreted in psychotherapy?
(a) As an unimportant aspect of life.
(b) As the result of early family dynamics.
(c) As a troublesome part of life that often leads to difficulty.
(d) As a phenomenon of sexual drives and instincts.

4. How does Frankl write that Freudian psychotherapy deals with spiritual issues?
(a) They are not dealt with directly, but they are seen as having instinctual roots.
(b) Frankl writes that spirituality is dealt with by Freudian psychologists as a central issue in life, but it should be addressed with religious leaders.
(c) Spiritual issues are not dealt with in psychotherapy.
(d) They are dealt with directly, and with respect for the difficulty that many patients have with these issues.

5. What is the author's tone of voice in this, the second section, of the book?
(a) He writes in clinical terms about prisoners mental states, as a doctor, not a former prisoner.
(b) He is now emotionally detached as he remembers his earlier emotional life.
(c) He uses vulgar language to describe the hatred he still feels for the SS.
(d) He describes his life before living in the concentration camp in exaggeratedly nostalgic terms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before writing the second section of this text, had Frankl described logotherapy in writing?

2. Frankl writes that values do not push, but pull people. Why does he make this distinction?

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

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

5. In contrast to psychoanalysis, what does Frankl claim logotherapy is centered around?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Frankl see tension?

5. What does Frankl claim happened to the inner life of prisoners in concentration camp?

6. What is anticipatory anxiety?

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

8. What opportunity does Frankl see in camp life?

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

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

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