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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 explain that artists can betray their aim with their aesthetic justification?

2. How is Beauvoir asking each one to confirm their existence through the ethics of ambiguity?

3. If an individual does not inform a slave of his oppression, what does Beauvoir suggest of their position regarding tyranny?

4. What are the two meanings that Beauvoir gives to the word future.

5. What does Beauvoir claim is revealed through art?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Beauvoir write that the only way way that the oppressed can fulfill his freedom is through revolt?

2. How does Beauvoir represent the present in the face of the future?

3. What is the example of the conservative that Beauvoir uses to illustrate how tyrants will attempt to prevent revolt?

4. What is the one solution that Beauvoir offers to the oppressed?

5. What is an example that Beauvoir uses to illustrate the "Antinomies of Action"?

6. What does Beauvoir mean when she says life id ambiguous?

7. How does Beauvoir claim that science can find truth?

8. How does Beauvoir define the Aesthetic Attitude?

9. How does Beauvoir characterize the world at the beginning of Section III?

10. What two views of how history affects the future does Beauvoir note?

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

Beauvoir identifies adults who conduct themselves as, "grown up children." Identify the conditions Beauvoir notes that places an individual in this condition, provide evidence from history or current events that this condition has manifested itself on a broad basis, and detail how the individuals in that condition were broken from it.

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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