Quiz: Jean-Paul Sartre

  1. When was Jean-Paul Sartre born?

    • 1905, Paris, France.
    • 1889, Vienna, Austria.
    • 1906, Linden, near Hanover, Germany.
    • 1872, Trellech, Wales.
    Answer

    1905, Paris, France. — Born: 1905, Paris, France..

  2. When did Jean-Paul Sartre die?

    • 1980, Paris.
    • 2002, Lexington, Massachusetts.
    • 1951, Cambridge, England.
    • 1976, Freiburg, Germany.
    Answer

    1980, Paris. — Died: 1980, Paris..

  3. What is Jean-Paul Sartre known for?

    • Bad faith, the look of the other, and the slogan that man is condemned to be free.
    • The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Rebel, and the Nobel Prize in Literature 1957.
    • Being and Time, Dasein, being toward death, and the later critique of technology.
    • Russell's paradox, the theory of descriptions, Principia Mathematica with Whitehead, and a century of political causes.
    Answer

    Bad faith, the look of the other, and the slogan that man is condemned to be free. — Known for: Bad faith, the look of the other, and the slogan that man is condemned to be free..

  4. Which school of thought was Jean-Paul Sartre part of?

    • Existentialism.
    • Analytic philosophy; naturalism.
    • Phenomenology turned to ontology; existentialism's source.
    • Political theory, in the classical tradition.
    Answer

    Existentialism. — School: Existentialism..

  5. True or false: French existentialist who taught that existence precedes essence: we are condemned to be free.

    • True
    • False
    Answer

    True — From the entry's summary.