"The Absurd" Self-Quiz

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. Why do some people hold that death isnt bad, according to Nagel?

They argue that in certain cases, death actually relieves one of suffering correct incorrect

They argue that death merely deprives one of life, which has no value in itself correct incorrect

They argue that death is simply an experiential blank, so it has no value at all correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Why does Nagel reject the notion that people only fear death because they try and fail to imagine what it is like to be dead?

Nagel doesnt reject this notion correct incorrect

This suggests that death is a state, and death isnt a state correct incorrect

People also cant imagine what it is like to be unconscious but unconsciousness itself isnt scary correct incorrect

People can imagine what it is like to be dead correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a real source of absurdity, according to Nagel?

That nothing we do now will matter in one million years correct incorrect

That we are merely tiny specks in an infinite vastness of universe correct incorrect

That we will necessarily die correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. When do we see absurdity in ordinary life, according to Nagel?

When we reflect on situations correct incorrect

When a situation includes a conspicuous discrepancy between pretension/aspiration and reality correct incorrect

When we come into contact with our own mortality correct incorrect

When we think about how small we are relative to the universe correct incorrect

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. Which of the following best describes why Nagel thinks life is absurd?

Because we are condemned to death correct incorrect

Because our hopes are often in disagreement with the world correct incorrect

Because we must take our lives seriously, but we can always regard everything as open to doubt correct incorrect

Because we must take an external view of ourselves correct incorrect