About this Study Set
This study set covers Existentialism through
20 practice questions.
A rigorous examination of the historical figures, publication dates, and specific quantitative data surrounding the existentialist movement. Every question includes the correct answer so you can learn as you go — pick any format above to get started.
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Advanced Existentialist History study set below.
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1
In which year did Jean-Paul Sartre deliver his influential lecture 'Existentialism is a Humanism' at the Club Maintenant in Paris?
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A
1943
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B
1945
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C
1946
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D
1948
2
Søren Kierkegaard published 'Either/Or' under which specific pseudonym in 1843?
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A
Victor Eremita
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B
Johannes de Silentio
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C
Climacus
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D
Anti-Climacus
3
How many volumes comprise the original 1943 publication of Jean-Paul Sartre's major ontological treatise 'Being and Nothingness'?
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A
One
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B
Two
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C
Three
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D
Four
4
Friedrich Nietzsche's 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' was composed and published in four distinct parts between which years?
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A
1878–1882
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B
1883–1885
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C
1885–1889
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D
1890–1892
5
Martin Heidegger's 'Being and Time' (Sein und Zeit) was first published in the 'Jahrbuch für Phänomenologie und phänomenologische Forschung' in what year?
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A
1923
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B
1925
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C
1927
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D
1929
6
Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957. At the time, how old was he, making him the second-youngest recipient in history?
7
Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex' (Le Deuxième Sexe) was first published in two volumes in France in which year?
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A
1947
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B
1949
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C
1951
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D
1953
8
Karl Jaspers introduced the term 'Axial Age' in his 1949 book, but in which year did he publish his foundational work 'Philosophy' (Philosophie), which spanned three volumes?
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A
1928
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B
1932
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C
1935
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D
1940
9
Gabriel Marcel, a key Christian existentialist, was elected to the Académie française in what year?
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A
1952
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B
1955
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C
1958
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D
1960
10
Maurice Merleau-Ponty's 'Phenomenology of Perception' was published in French in 1945. What is the original French title?
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A
Phénoménologie de la perception
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B
La Phénoménologie
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C
Perception et existence
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D
L'Être et la perception
11
How many years did Friedrich Nietzsche spend in total silence and mental incapacity before his death in 1900?
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A
5 years
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B
8 years
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C
11 years
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D
15 years
12
In 1938, Jean-Paul Sartre published his first novel. What is the title?
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A
The Age of Reason
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B
Nausea
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C
The Flies
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D
Intimacy
13
Fyodor Dostoevsky, often cited as a precursor to existentialism, published 'Notes from Underground' in which year?
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A
1860
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B
1864
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C
1868
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D
1872
14
William Barrett's influential 1958 book 'Irrational Man' is credited with introducing existentialism to which specific demographic?
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A
The French elite
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B
The American public
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C
The German academy
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D
The Soviet intelligentsia
15
The term 'existentialism' was popularized by Gabriel Marcel, who attributed it to Sartre in a meeting of which group in 1945?
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A
Le Club des Existentialistes
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B
L'Art et la Pensée
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C
Le Cercle d'Études
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D
Les Temps Modernes
16
In which year did Martin Heidegger resign his rectorship at the University of Freiburg?
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A
1933
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B
1934
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C
1936
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D
1939
17
How many 'Stages on Life's Way' did Søren Kierkegaard identify in his 1845 work of the same name?
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A
Two
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B
Three
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C
Four
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D
Five
18
Jean-Paul Sartre co-founded the journal 'Les Temps Modernes' in 1945 alongside which other notable figure?
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A
Albert Camus
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B
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
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C
Simone de Beauvoir
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D
Raymond Aron
19
What is the exact number of 'Meditations' contained in Miguel de Unamuno's 1913 work 'Tragic Sense of Life'?
20
In what year did Albert Camus die in a car accident in Villeblevin, France?
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A
1958
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B
1959
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C
1960
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D
1961
