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Existentialism Uncovered: A Comprehensive Quiz
Dive deep into the fascinating world of existentialism with our engaging quiz! Challenge your understanding of philosophical concepts and theories that explore the meaning of existence, freedom, and identity. This quiz is designed for those curious about human nature and the philosophical underpinnings of our choices.
- Test your knowledge on key existentialist thinkers
- Explore important philosophical definitions and concepts
- Enhance your understanding of the relation between essence and existence
What does existentialism examine?
I exist, therefore I think
Love is all you need
Be happy, and eat healthy
Mortal man’s search for meaning in a meaningless universe
What is the image of human who is propelled by emotions?
Homo biologicus
Homo economicus
Homo sociologicus
Homo psychologicus
What is “sapience”?
Misery
Wisdom
Technology
Opposable thumb
What is the literal meaning of “philosophy”?
The love of wisdom
Search for truth
The study of knowledge
Who is an existentialist?
Kant
Mill
De Beauvoir
Rawls
Of the following, what traits do humans and animals share
Mirror recognition
Emotions
Rationality
All the above
How did Darwin’s theory of evolution initially change the prevalent view on “The Great Chain of Being”? Placing
God on the top
Man on the top
Animals on the top
Man and God as equals
How does sociologist Max Weber define politics?
A public struggle over power
Having your way without resistance
Fighting over nothing
Collaboration and contest over identities
What is the purpose of politics, according to Machiavelli?
Creating a virtuous society
Gaining authority through virtues
Acquisition and maintenance of power through deceit and fear
Inspiring creative artwork
What is identity?
The psychological assets that define a person
A sense of sameness that persists across time and space
The combination between body and mind
One person’s ethnical characteristics
What is the authentic self’s imperative?
Know yourself
Be yourself
Love yourself
Discover yourself
What is the existentialist definition of “authenticity”?
Being true to ourselves
Aligning ourselves with our innate nature
Self-discovery
Exercising our freedom
What’s Kierkegaard’s way of becoming yourself?
Choosing between aesthesis or ethics
Always having both aesthesis and ethics
Embracing sensual and hedonistic pleasures
Engaging only moral virtues and values
What’s the relation between “essence” and “existence”, according to Jean-Paul Sartre?
Essence precedes existence
Without essence, existence doesn’t exist
Existence precedes essence
Existence and essence are the same thing
What existentialists would say:
To be safe, follow an already existing path
Don't choose and let others choose the best path for you
You always have the freedom to choose your own path
You never really have the option to choose your path
What is the existentialist universal core shared by all humans?
The freedom to choose
Trust in the tribe
Honor and dignity
Cosmopolitanism
According to Anthony Giddens, what does “ontological security” mean?
Confidence in others
Confidence in the State
Confidence in who we are
Confidence in religion
Which vision stands in conflict with existentialism?
Essentialism
Determinism
Fatalism
All the answers are correct
What is the existentialist answer to the question “Are we free?”
Yes, sometimes
Yes, always
Never
My freedom depends on others
What does “freedom” mean?
The capacity to do what I want
The capacity to choose
No harm to others
Freedom is free will
What does “facticity” mean?
To be true to yourself
Choice delimiting circumstances
The freedom to choose
Circumstances delimiting choice
Complete “the great chain of freedom”: Choice + Reasoning + Acting + (blank)
Solidarity
Responsibility
Love
Denial
Responsibility, according to Sartre, implies that:
I am only responsible for my own actions
I can never be totally responsible
I am responsible for my actions and for humanity’s actions
Others are responsible for my actions
Complete Rousseau’s sentence: Man is born free, ...
And then he dies
Yet everywhere he is in chains
Thus everywhere he is in chains
And everywhere he is in chains
What does Berlin’s positive liberty ask?
Who is the slave
Who is the king
Who is the people
Who is the master
What does negative liberty ask?
Over what area am I master
How did I become a master
When will I stop being a master
Why am I a master
What do positive and negative liberty have in common?
Authority
Liberty as mastery and control
Freedom
Authenticity
Who are the three personalities who politically escape from freedom, according to Fromm: The authoritarian, the sadist and
The determinist
The conformist
The realist
The humanist
What is “dialogic thinking”?
Monologue
Groupthink
Discourse between parts of one self
Two persons discussing
What is NOT one of the functions of reflection?
To boost our creativity
To help us navigate our emotions
To limit self-criticism
To motivate and instruct us
Reflection is essential for making freedom
A conscious choice
A decision
A reasoned choice
All answers are correct
What does Dorian Gray seek? A life of
Ethics only
Aesthetics only
Aesthetics and ethics
Happiness
What does Arendt’s title A Report on the Banality of Evil signify?
Evil as banal
Evil as trivial
Evil as common
Evil as thoughtlessness
Eichmann’s banality for Arendt is linked to:
Stupidity
Unthinking
Normality
Belligerence
What does “thinking” mean for Arendt?
Conversing with the “other within”
Critical self-reflection
Perspective-taking
All the answers are correct
What are “deflectors”?
Factors helping us stay inside our comfort zone
Factors pushing us out of our comfort zone
Factors that help us fix things
Lies we tell ourselves
What are “reflectors”?
Factors that illustrate societies
Factors encouraging critical thinking
Factors that push us away from our comfort zone
Mirror-like factors
According to Arendt, nihilism is
Thinking to the point of rejecting all thinking
Stop thinking
Thinking only about positive things
Accepting all forms of thinking
According to Arendt, because it annihilates critical thinking, nihilism encourages
Democracy
Totalitarianism
Republicanism
Peace
What is the purpose of life, according to Freud?
The pursuit of meaning
The pursuit of happiness
The pursuit of freedom
The pursuit of love
What is happiness for Aristotle?
Pleasure
Pain
Virtuous well-being
Being loved
What’s the utilitarian definition of the “good”?
Good is what makes the fewest the happiest
There is no such thing as “happiness”
Good is what makes the most people the happiest
Happiness cannot be good
What is, to Buddha, humanity’s problem?
War
Poverty
Suffering
Anger
What is Popper’s criterion for science?
Demonstration
Induction
Deduction
Falsifiability
What is GNH?
Global Natural Health
Global Nerd Herd
Gross National Happiness
Give No Honey (by the “global bee association”)
Where do people report greater happiness?
Antarctica
Latin America
Ex-communist countries
USA
What is the Easterlin Paradox?
Economic growth doesn’t always translate into national happiness
Happiness and health are inversely related
Happiness and education are inversely related
Eastern European societies are miserable
What are the attributes of death:
Unpredictable
Inevitable
Available
All the answers are correct
Complete Camus’ sentence from The Myth of Sisyphus: “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is ..."
Pain
Suicide
Fear
Death
According to Camus, contemplating suicide and death is
Unnecessary
Depressing
The only way to fully embrace life
Something to run away from
In Leviathan, Hobbes argues that state sovereignty is the sensible conclusion from
The fear of being killed
The fear of losing battles
The fear of enemies
The fear of love
Complete the third side of the deadly triangle: Fear of dying, willingness to kill and ...
Euthanasia
Wanting to die
Abortion
Murder
What is the political paradox of death?
Life always ends in death
The state, like the nation, but unlike people, never dies
The more you think of death, the less likely you are to die
Fearing death, we create the state, then fearing the state may die, are willing to die, and kill, for it
Link each vision of happiness to its correct definition: Freudian happiness
Being good
Doing good
Feeling good
Discovering what life is good for
Link each vision of happiness to its correct definition: Aristotelian happiness
Being good
Doing good
Feeling good
Discovering what life is good for
Link each vision of happiness to its correct definition: Utilitarian happiness
Being good
Doing good
Feeling good
Discovering what life is good for
Link each vision of happiness to its correct definition: Existentialism
Being good
Doing good
Feeling good
Discovering what life is good for
Mann’s short story Disillusionment tells the story of a man who thought that every experience he had in life
Exactly met his expectations
Was not enough and failed to meet his expectations
Was meaningful
Helped him become a better person
What is the top layer on Maslow’s pyramid?
Happiness
Self-actualization
Hope
Morality
How many people, according to Maslow, self-actualize?
One percent
Ten percent
Fifty percent
Ninety percent
According to Viktor Frankl, under terrible conditions, man’s search for meaning ...
Disappears
Gets weaker
Gets stronger
Doesn’t matter
What is the meaning of an “existential crisis”? It is the moment when ...
One realize s/he is not happy
One doesn’t recognize her/himself anymore
The question “why” arises
One realizes s/he hasn’t accomplished much in life
Camus coined the term "The Absurd." What did he mean by it?
Searching for meaning in a meaningful universe
Searching for meaning in a happy world
Searching for meaning in a meaningless universe
Searching for happiness in a meaningful universe
According to Camus, the world is “absurd” because ...
It cannot be built on any universal foundation
Human reasoning killed God
The universe is meaningless
All the answers are correct
For Camus, what does the rolling of the rock represent?
Fear
Strength
Futility
Hope
What is Camus’ conclusion to The Myth of Sisyphus? One must imagine Sisyphus ...?
Sad
Angry
Happy
Dead
Depressed
How does Sisyphus deal with the gods’ punishment?
Sisyphus understands his punishment
Sisyphus rejects his punishment
Sisyphus finds bits of joy amidst the meaninglessness of life
Sisyphus decides to rebel
What is the translation of Hitler’s Mein Kampf?
My fear
My passion
My dream
My struggle
According to Orwell, Hitler understood very well that people don’t only want comfort and safety, but they also want ...
Happiness
Meaning
Self-sacrifice
Love
What are the two truly serious philosophical questions we face?
How to be happy and how to love
Why breathe and why breed
Why breathe and how to be happy
Why breed and how to love
Complete Nietzsche’s sentence: "If you have your ‘why’ in life, you can get along with almost any ..."
Thing
Difficulty
How
One
What are humans’ reactions to the morality of freedom? Fight, flight, and ...
Fall
Fail
Fake
Freeze
What do modern fears, such as disease, loneliness, poverty, actually reveal? A strong sense of ...
Hope
Anxiety
Anger
Truth
How can we read the absurd in politics? The search for legitimacy in the absence of ...
Science
Universal morality
God
Authority
What is the idealist view on truth?
Coherence between propositions
Love and beauty
Doing the right thing is truth
Reality does not matter
According to Giambattista Vico, the true is precisely what is ...
Wrong
Coherent
Created
Accurate
What is the fourth philosophical approach of truth, alongside with the realist, idealist, and pragmatic ones:
Determinist
Social construct
Essentialist
Humanist
The existential approach of truth mainly draws based on...?
Epistemology
Ontology
Axiology
Phenomenology
What are the shadows for the prisoners of Plato’s cave?
Fear
The only reality they know
The darkness of the world
Ghosts
What would be the existentialist interpretation of Plato’s cave? The cave is Plato’s ...
Craving for higher, deeper, order of reality
Fear
Destiny
Ignorance
Truth deals with what ...
Ought to be
Is
Is not
Cannot be
Existential Truth – “the ideal of the real” – is ...
Always good
Always right
Not necessarily good
Always bad
According to existentialism, Truth is...
There is no Truth
That which transcends itself
Each has his/her own Truth
All is lies
According to the legend of the Golem, it was created in order to ...
Help the Jews against their foes
Lead a pogrom against the Jews
Prepare for the Zombie apocalypse
Bring many tourists to Prague
What typically happens when you correct misinformed people – presenting them with accurate facts?
They change their mind
They think the same
They hold faster to their misinformed beliefs
They get upset and seek comfort food
In what countries are politicians most prone to lie?
Dictatorship
Theocracies
Anarchies
Democracies
What sign does Havel’s greengrocer put in his window?
Go green!
Workers of the World, Unite!
Capitalism Corrupts!
Power to the People!
What is the greengrocer’s rebellion?
Remove the sign
Join a tade union
Install a new, anti-regime, sign
Initiate an anti-communist protest
Who committed the Katyn massacre in WWII?
Polish
Germans
Jews
Soviets
The Soviet newspaper Pravda is a sign of ...
Political lie
Post-truth politics
Postmodern politics
Marxism
In Orwell’s 1984, Winston writes that “Freedom is...”
The freedom to say that two plus two make four
The liberty to speak your mind
The liberty to believe in God
The freedom to fall in love
How have new ICT (including social media) influenced trust in the news sources?
More truth and greater trust
Less truth and less trust
More truth but less trust
Less truth but more trust
What was the fix Price brought to the theory of “kin selection”?
Natural selection
Multilevel selection
Fecundity selection
Historic selection
Of all the differences between man and animals, which one is the most important, according to Darwin?
Language
Self-reflection
Conscience
Creativity
Human morality is about ...
Goodness
Altruism
What we ought to do
Fairness
What is Kierkegaard’s Either/Or about?
Deciding to decide
Choosing to choose
Wanting to want
Agreeing to disagree
Kierkegaard’s Either/Or carries two meanings: one is the choice between esthetics and ethics, and the second is a ...
Moral dilemma
Moral conundrum
Moral right
Moral duty
To Nietzsche, the real “original sin” is ...
Eating from the forbidden fruit
Going about naked
Thinking too much
People enjoying themselves too little
While some scholars think religion created morality, Nietzsche argues ...
Religion created love
Religion created hope
Morality created love
Morality created religion
Which typology of morality does Nietzsche observe?
Master-slave morality
Friend-foe morality
Love-hate morality
High-low morality
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