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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dissemblance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the translator, what does "the fact of the matter" refer to?
(a) An absolute reality.
(b) An assertion of the truth of something.
(c) Conditions surrounding an event.
(d) Realities as they appear to subjectivity.

2. What is the relationship between phrenology, physiognomy, and cranioscopy according to Hegel?
(a) They are all evidence of different kinds of scientific thinking.
(b) They all address the problem of embodiment of self-consciousness.
(c) They are all forms of self-measurement and self-reflection.
(d) They all represent sciences that have evolved closer to conciousness.

3. What does Hegel say has to be his starting point for consciousness?
(a) Hegel says that he has to begin from a spiritual view of the world.
(b) Hegel says that consciousness begins with self-awareness.
(c) Hegel says that he has to begin from a moral view of the world.
(d) Hegel says that consciousness begins with self-conflict.

4. What does Hegel say is impossible in animal life?
(a) Randomness.
(b) Consciousness.
(c) Individuality.
(d) Purposeless behavior.

5. According to Hegel's philosophy, independent self-consciousness is both an aspect of concrete individuality and what else?
(a) Self-reflection as the process of expressing the self.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Scientific consciousness.
(d) Thinghood insofar as the self is an object of knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Hegel's philosophy, what is the relation between property and no property?

2. What happens when Spirit turns back on itself according to Hegel?

3. In what way could Hegel see a person, a table and a fruit as all identical?

4. What does Hegel recommend for people who conflict with their times and culture?

5. What does Insight cause people to find according to Hegel?

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