Philo-Existentialism

1. What is existentialism?

• a. a philosophy concerned with the meaning of life

• b. religion based on the pursuit of worldly pleasure

• c. a philosophy concerned with death

• d. a school of thought based on the idea nothing matters

2. Existentialism is concerned with finding the self through:

• a. Freewill

• b. Choice

• c. Personality Responsibility

• d. All of the above

3. According to Kierkegaard, who is responsible for giving meaning to life?

• a. Society

• b. Religion

• c. Your parents

• d. the individual

4. These are all examples of Existentialist Principles except:

• a. Essence precedes existence

• b. The world we know is absurd and unfair

• c. Social values and structure should control the individual

• d. "Man makes himself"

5. When did existentialism begin?

• a. around the 16th and 17th centuries

• b. around the 18th century

• c. around the 14th and 15th centuries

• d. around the 19th and 20th centuries

Who is the atheistic existentialist that states "God is dead"?

• a. Marcel Gabriel

• b. Karl Jaspers

• c. Friedrich Nietzsche

• d. Plato

7. The aim of education according to existentialism is to produce ________________ learners.

• a. Independent

• b. Dependent

• c. Guided

• d. Valuable

8. Existentialism emphasizes a ___________________ approach in teaching and learning.

• a. Teacher centered

• b. Child centered

• c. Neither

• d. Both

9. Who is noted for bringing the most international attention to existentialism in the 20th century?

• a. Kierkegaard

• b. Jean-Paul Sartre

• c. Hegel

• d. Simon De Beauvoir

10. Sartre claims that the value of one’s affection is determined by?

• a. the way one acts.

• b. the way one feels.

• c. the way one thinks.

• d. all of the above.