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Existentialism

Total questions: 5

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is existentialism?

a)

a philosophy concerned with the meaning of life

b)

religion based on the pursuit of worldly pleasure

c)

a philosophy concerned with death

d)

a school of thought based on the idea nothing matters

2.

Who is known as the father of existentialism?

a)

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard

b)

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

c)

Simone de Beauvoir

d)

Jean-Paul Sartre

3.

Who are these two individuals who pioneered the Existential movement in the early-mid 20th century?

a)

Søren Kierkegaard and Ayn Rand

b)

Jean‑Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir

c)

Albert Camus and Hannah Arendt

d)

Walter Kaufmann and Hazel Barnes

4.

When did the existentialist school of thought come into being?

a)

The Enlightenment Era

b)

After WWII

c)

Before WWI

d)

The American Revolutionary War

5.

Which of the following is a theme of existentialism?

a)

Human Freedom

b)

Authenticity

c)

Absurd

d)

Permanence and Change

e)

All of the above