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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Positive Aspect of Ambiguity, Sections 1-3, The Aesthetic Attitude, Freedom and Liberation, The Antinomies of Action.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what sense does Beauvoir claim that every man is free?
(a) In the sense that he spontaneously casts himself into the world.
(b) In the sense that he is free to end or continue his existence.
(c) In the sense that only consequences affect his choices.
(d) In the sense that he can choose his own ethic.

2. How does Beauvoir compare women to slaves?
(a) By pointing out that women create an existence in their minds that escapes the reality of the world around them.
(b) By pointing out that many women choose to be ignorant of the condition of the world.
(c) By pointing out that women base their success on the contentment of their families.
(d) By pointing out that women are subject to the laws, gods, customs, and truths created by males.

3. How does Beauvoir introduce the role of God in the discussion of ethics?
(a) By pointing out that Sartre's view of existentialism ends with man attempting to make himself God.
(b) By pointing out that all ethics end up being an effort to define God.
(c) By suggesting the wide views of the nature of God actually makes God ambiguous.
(d) By considering the endless pursuit of pure ethics and the failure to achieve such places the power of judgement in the hands of God.

4. What are projects according to Beauvoir?
(a) Activities in which the individual sacrifices freedom for achievement.
(b) Activities which define history.
(c) Activities in which an individual works to affect others.
(d) Activities in which the individual works toward a goal.

5. How does Beauvoir claim that the individual with the Aesthetic Attitude regard his role in history?
(a) He considers his thoughts to form the existential material of history.
(b) He considers his will to remain free to be the driving force of history.
(c) He considers himself outside of time, and does not belong to history.
(d) He considers history to have no affect on his Aesthetic Attitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What influence does Beauvoir claim revolt has on the world.

2. What does Beauvoir claim to be necessary to the desire for the slave to become conscious of his servitude?

3. What does Beauvoir identify as the worst thing to be said for violence?

4. When does Beauvoir suggest an individual might adopt the Aesthetic Attitude?

5. During their stage of freedom, how does Beauvoir claim that a child sees adults?

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