WorksheetsPhilo-Existentialism
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
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. Existentialism is concerned with finding the self through:
a. Freewill
b. Choice
c. Personality Responsibility
d. All of the above
3. According to Kierkegaard, who is responsible for giving meaning to life?
a. Society
b. Religion
c. Your parents
d. the individual
4. These are all examples of Existentialist Principles except:
a. Essence precedes existence
b. The world we know is absurd and unfair
c. Social values and structure should control the individual
d. "Man makes himself"
5. When did existentialism begin?
a. around the 16th and 17th centuries
b. around the 18th century
c. around the 14th and 15th centuries
d. around the 19th and 20th centuries
Who is the atheistic existentialist that states "God is dead"?
a. Marcel Gabriel
b. Karl Jaspers
c. Friedrich Nietzsche
d. Plato
7. The aim of education according to existentialism is to produce ________________ learners.
a. Independent
b. Dependent
c. Guided
d. Valuable
8. Existentialism emphasizes a ___________________ approach in teaching and learning.
a. Teacher centered
b. Child centered
c. Neither
d. Both
9. Who is noted for bringing the most international attention to existentialism in the 20th century?
a. Kierkegaard
b. Jean-Paul Sartre
c. Hegel
d. Simon De Beauvoir
10. Sartre claims that the value of one’s affection is determined by?
a. the way one acts.
b. the way one feels.
c. the way one thinks.
d. all of the above.
