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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 4-5, The Present and the Future, Ambiguity and Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Beauvoir consider nihilistic thinking to be right?
(a) In understanding the future will be marked by violence.
(b) In realizing that peace is punctuated by oppression and revolution.
(c) In understanding the obstacles that come from a complex world.
(d) In thinking that the world possesses no justification and that he himself is nothing.

2. To what does Beauvoir compare the "sub-man"?
(a) A dull book.
(b) An unpublished writer.
(c) A bad painter.
(d) A common laborer.

3. What does Beauvoir claim to be necessary to the desire for the slave to become conscious of his servitude?
(a) For the individual who wants to make the slave of his position to avoid becoming a tyrant.
(b) For the individual to accept oppression for the sake of demonstrating how the individual can will their freedom.
(c) For the tyrant to leave the Aesthetic Attitude and accept the oppression he is bringing to others.
(d) For the individual to break through the denial of the slave with a revolt against the tyrant.

4. How does Beauvoir suggest a child has a state of security?
(a) By virtue of the adults who control his life.
(b) By virtue of the fantasy world he creates in his mind.
(c) By virtue of his very insignificance.
(d) By virtue of his hopes for the future.

5. Why does Beauvoir suggest that if man waits for universal peace to establish his existence validly, he will wait indefinitely?
(a) Because peace is not required to establish validity.
(b) Because it is man's reaction to war that establishes validity.
(c) Because struggles for controlling the future by politicians will prevent universal peace.
(d) Because the world has always been at war and always will be.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beauvoir suggest violent action against oppression becomes a contradiction to the cause of freedom?

2. What is the focus of the adventurer?

3. To what does Beauvoir compare the presence of freedom within the drama of choice?

4. How does Beauvoir suggest a past accomplishment can be made relevant in the present?

5. How does Beauvoir claim that oppressive regimes become stronger?

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