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Quiz: Jacques Derrida

  1. When was Jacques Derrida born?

    • 1930, El Biar, Algeria.
    • 1906, Linden, near Hanover, Germany.
    • 1889, Messkirch, Germany.
    • 22 January 1891, Ales, Sardinia.
    Answer

    1930, El Biar, Algeria. — Born: 1930, El Biar, Algeria..

  2. When did Jacques Derrida die?

    • 2004, Paris, France.
    • 1984, Paris, of AIDS related illness.
    • 1960, near Sens, France, in a car crash.
    • 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales.
    Answer

    2004, Paris, France. — Died: 2004, Paris, France..

  3. What is Jacques Derrida known for?

    • Differance, the critique of the metaphysics of presence, and readings of Plato, Rousseau, and Husserl.
    • The public sphere, communicative rationality, and the ideal speech situation.
    • The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, and the Nobel Prize in Literature 1957.
    • The Second Sex, the ethics of ambiguity, and the analysis of woman as the Other.
    Answer

    Differance, the critique of the metaphysics of presence, and readings of Plato, Rousseau, and Husserl. — Known for: Differance, the critique of the metaphysics of presence, and readings of Plato, Rousseau, and Husserl..

  4. Which school of thought was Jacques Derrida part of?

    • Deconstruction; post structuralism.
    • Existentialism and feminism.
    • Critical rationalism; philosophy of science.
    • Existentialism.
    Answer

    Deconstruction; post structuralism. — School: Deconstruction; post structuralism..

  5. True or false: Algerian born French thinker who founded deconstruction, reading texts against themselves to show meaning always slipping away.

    • True
    • False
    Answer

    True — From the entry's summary.