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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 does Frankl suggest is the meaning of life?

2. In the most difficult moments of our existence, what does Frankl suggest is the salvation of man?

3. What does Frankl write about responsibility?

4. What does Frankl write about the moral drive?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is "existential frustration" for Frankl?

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

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

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

6. What opportunity does Frankl see in camp life?

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

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

9. What is the importance of suffering for Frankl?

10. What is anticipatory anxiety?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What would Frankl say is the difference between those who are able to overcome life's problems and those who are not? What examples from the concentration camps might he use to illustrate this difference? What role do circumstances play in their survival? What role does their mental outlook take?

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

Frankl writes of the danger of "anticipatory anxiety," which he claims is "characteristic of this fear that ... produces precisely that of which the patient is afraid." What examples does Frankl give of this kind of fear? What does he suggest people do to overcome this kind of fear? Do you agree or disagree with Frankl's understanding of fear?

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