wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Jean-Paul Sartre Assessment

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Sartre refuse to wear while teaching to attempt to "shed" his bourgeois privilege?

a)

Hat

b)

Tie

c)

Loafers

d)

Glasses

2.

Which of the following careers did Sartre refer to as an act of "bad faith" in his Being and Nothingness?

a)

Grocer

b)

Paperboy

c)

Shopkeeper

d)

Waiter

3.

Which of the following did Sartre believe about life?

a)

It is preordained

b)

It improves in value as a person gains wealth

c)

It is not preordained

d)

It is created with the purpose of faith and God

4.

Which of the following is Sartre's most famous novel?

a)

Being and Nothingness

b)

Nausea

c)

On the Origin of Species

d)

Existentialism is a Humanism

5.

What economic/social impact did Sartre leave on France?

a)

Quick recovery post-WWII

b)

Better capital and investment opportunity

c)

Less need for expensive police services

d)

New financial strategies to use against enemies in the Cold War

6.

Which of the following did Sartre most blatantly critique in his writings?

a)

Protestantism

b)

Xenophobia & Islamophobia

c)

Catholicism

d)

Anti-Semitism & racism

7.

Who "above all" influenced Sartre in terms of his existentialist beliefs?

a)

Neitschze

b)

Kierkegaard

c)

Camus

d)

Machiavelli

8.

Which of the following is most true of the majority of existentialists?

a)

They believe that humans are purely rational

b)

They believe that the philosophical study should begin with God

c)

They believe that marriage is a sin

d)

They believe that humans make their decisions subjectively