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Now, if he's giving the impression it's anonymous but it's not, that's another kettle of fish.
It's better to assume incompetence than malice. Some bosses legitimately want to follow up on feedback. But yeah, it's pretty dumb - he won't actually get honest answers this way. I would shoot straight. Not once in my career have I ever suffered for an honest assessment given humbly. And you'll sleep better at night for it.
Same. It is frightening how many comments point to the exact opposite, presumably with the ulterior motive that this increases the chance of self-preservation.
But at the same time nothing can be improved by this. Although a team should have exactly this as a goal: improvement of the product/service.
Even "anonymous" surveys can be deanonymized though. I have had multiple times in my career where management asked to talk to me about responses I had written in nominally anonymous surveys. Luckily, nothing too negative came out of it - but it's something to be aware of.
Just answer everything is great, five stars, top job, couldn't be happier! It's still 0 information, but more convenient for you