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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 example does Beauvoir use to illustrate "The Antinomies of Action"?
2. What does Beauvoir mean when she refers to "The Antinomies of Action"?
3. What does Beauvoir claim to be the violence committed by opponents to the Nazi occupation of France.
4. What does Beauvoir assert to be the consequences of a world in which every man has to do with other men?
5. At what point does Beauvoir declare the death of an individual is not a failure?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the main criticism that Beauvoir makes of the Aesthetic Attitude?
2. How does the individual who claims to have adopted the Aesthetic Attitude view historical work, according to Beauvoir?
3. What is the one solution that Beauvoir offers to the oppressed?
4. What does Beauvoir claim prevents the future from being considered a harmonious development?
5. How do societies attempt to help individuals hold onto the present according to Beauvoir?
6. Why does Beauvoir write that the only way way that the oppressed can fulfill his freedom is through revolt?
7. What does Beauvoir mean when she says life id ambiguous?
8. How does Beauvoir claim living as an existentialist would affect men?
9. How does Beauvoir claim that we can best secure our personal freedom?
10. What is an example that Beauvoir uses to illustrate the "Antinomies of Action"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the "adventurer" from the "passionate man" and give historical examples for each. Which lives freely and which has the greatest influence on general freedom? Which one does Beauvoir seem to favor? Use her comments to support your view.
Essay Topic 2
Examine Beauvoir's views on how science, art, technology (technics), and philosophy can either add to or detract from freedom. After the general examination of the four, choose one and detail how Beauvoir's points are proven in modern applications.
Essay Topic 3
Beauvoir begins Chapter Three by explaining the social aspect of freedom and then details the affect of the "Aesthetic Attitude" on it. Examine the "Aesthetic Attitude", whether or not it has a positive influence on freedom, and what sort of individual detailed by Beauvoir (the sub-man, the serious man, the adventurer, the nihilist, or the passionate man) is most likely to adopt this attitude.
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