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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. How does Beauvoir suggest that Christian charity, Epicurean cult of friendship, and Kantian moralism share the same point of views?
2. What are projects according to Beauvoir?
3. What is the future that Beauvoir sees for herself?
4. Why does Beauvoir claim that no project can be considered to be purely contemplative?
5. What knowledge comes to the man who has known real loves, real revolts, real desires and real will according to Beauvoir?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Beauvoir show that the complexity of the world affects those who are fighting for a cause?
2. What is the one solution that Beauvoir offers to the oppressed?
3. What are the two meanings that Beauvoir gives for the future?
4. How does Beauvoir claim living as an existentialist would affect men?
5. What two views of how history affects the future does Beauvoir note?
6. What is the example of the conservative that Beauvoir uses to illustrate how tyrants will attempt to prevent revolt?
7. How does Beauvoir characterize freedom that is won through denying freedom to others?
8. How does the individual who claims to have adopted the Aesthetic Attitude view historical work, according to Beauvoir?
9. How do societies attempt to help individuals hold onto the present according to Beauvoir?
10. How does Beauvoir define the Aesthetic Attitude?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Are Beauvoir's writings on accepting the ambiguous nature of life practical today? Identify three principles she articulates in "The Ethics of Ambiguity" that you consider to be important to preserving freedom today. Write why you consider them to be important, what sort of affect the application of these principles on a broad basis would have on freedom and general society, and how you plan to implement these principles in your life.
Essay Topic 2
At the end of Chapter Three, Beauvoir examines the role of politics in either establishing and protecting freedom or leading to tyranny. Choose one of Beauvoir's explanations of the role of either politics or violence leading to either freedom or tyranny and give your support or opposition to her view. Support your position with language from "The Ethics of Ambiguity" or from outside sources.
Essay Topic 3
Beauvoir devotes her section on "Ambiguity" to answering criticism of her views regarding its role in personal freedom. Compare and contrast Beauvoir's position to those that she answers both in Chapter Three and earlier in the book. What are of Beauvoir's views on ambiguity as well as those which dissent with her view? What are the disadvantages of each? Do you agree with Beauvoir or her detractors. Explain your answer.
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