MAY

Question 1

According to May, drug addiction, alcohol abuse, promiscuous sexual behavior, and other compulsive behaviors are manifestations of various forms of
a. nonbeing
b. fate
c. destiny
d. intentionality

Answer 1

a. nonbeing

Question 2

Two basic concepts of existentialism are
a. subject and object
b. normal and neurotic anxiety
c. reality and illusion
d. being-in-the-world and nonbeing

Answer 2

d. being-in-the-world and nonbeing

Question 3

Rollo May defined normal anxiety as that which is proportionate to the threat, does not involve repression, and can be confronted constructively on a conscious level
a. True
b. False

Answer 3

a. True

Question 4

May defined sex, eros, philia, and agape as the original source of anxiety
a. True
b. False

Answer 4

b. False

Question 5

According to May, freedom comes from understanding our ontology
a. True
b. False

Answer 5

a. True

Question 6

May defined____ as the subjective state of an individual’s becoming aware that his or her existence can be destroyed, that he can become nothing.
a. guilt
b. anxiety
c. nonbeing
d. denial

Answer 6

b. anxiety

Question 7

Existentialists believe that most people in modern societies experience alienation due to a separation of
a. self from the world
b. body from soul
c. child from mother
d. body from mind

Answer 7

a. self from the world

Question 8

According to May, phenomenology is the structure that gives meaning to our experience and allows us to make decisions about the future
a. True
b. False

Answer 8

b. False (intentionality)