Multiple Choice Quiz

According to Sartre, the first principle of existentialism is that:

we are condemned to be free.

man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.

God is dead.

man is a useless passion.

What all existentialists have in common, according to Sartre, is the view that:

God does not exist, and so everything is permitted.

all humans share a common nature.

existence precedes essence.

essence precedes existence.

In Sartre's view, when one chooses how to live one is choosing:

only for oneself.

for all of one's family.

for all of one's friends.

for all people.

Sartre claims that when he speaks of forlornness, he means that:

God does not exist and we must face all the consequences of this.

we can never truly know another human being.

we are not responsible for our passions.

all of the above.

According to Sartre, the existentialist finds the fact that God does not exist:

liberating.

clarifying.

distressing.

unimportant.

In Sartre's view, humans are responsible for:

their actions.

their passions.

both a and b.

neither a nor b.

Sartre claims that the value of one's affection is determined by:

the way one acts.

the way one feels.

the way one thinks.

all of the above.

Sartre claims that according to existentialism, there is no reality except in:

passion.

action.

contemplation.

appetite.

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