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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. Beauvoir claims that dualists use their basic belief to establish what idea?
(a) To guide their adherents to prepare exclusively for the after life.
(b) To diminish the part of the self that cannot be saved.
(c) To embrace nihilism.
(d) To seek to find life on other planets.

2. What does Beauvoir mean when she refers to "The Antinomies of Action"?
(a) That actions, not words, are most effective against oppression.
(b) That often in the fight for or against oppression, the action contradicts the motivation.
(c) That the intentions of the those who act against oppression must be constantly in check.
(d) That improper actions against oppression will lead to more oppression.

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(c) An unpublished writer.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

4. At what point does Beauvoir claim an individual has the ability to decide and choose?
(a) When he can see and manipulate the affects of spontaneous acts on the physical world.
(b) When the usefulness of spontaneous acts are identifiable by the individual.
(c) When the moments of his life begin to be organized into behavior.
(d) When he responds to the consequences of spontaneous acts.

5. What does Beauvoir recognize as the paradox that faces a man who is willing to fight for a valid cause?
(a) Man can only assure better life by causing death to those who would destroy it.
(b) The only way a man can make an important gain is to sacrifice something equally important.
(c) Only sacrifice can lead to achievement.
(d) No action can be generated for man without its being immediately generated against men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Beauvoir use as an example of moving through such obstacles?

2. What does Beauvoir seek to prove regarding man's mastery of the world?

3. How does human spontaneity give purpose to a human life, according to Beauvoir?

4. To what conclusion to Beauvoir arrive regarding Sartre's internal choices that are affected by personal passions?

5. How does Beauvoir explain how goals supplant freedom in the life of the serious man?

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