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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Reason as Testing Laws.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rejection does the uniqueness of a self require according to Hegel?
(a) Rejection of the other.
(b) Rejection of the abstract.
(c) Rejection of the eternal.
(d) Rejection of the past.

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

3. In what way could Hegel see a person, a table and a fruit as all identical?
(a) They are all 'objects of perception' to another person.
(b) They are all 'things'.
(c) They are all 'mind'.
(d) They are all raw material for consciousness.

4. What human trait does Hegel say is not found in animals?
(a) Life being lived for itself.
(b) Organic consciousness.
(c) Self-reflection.
(d) Organic behavior.

5. What is Hegel's feeling about communism?
(a) He warns against the prospect of militant radicals running the economy.
(b) He foresees problems with greed and workers' motivations.
(c) He dreads the inevitable bureaucratization.
(d) He likes the prospect of everyone being provided for.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hegel define "irritability"?

2. According to Hegel, what must an individual conquer in order to manifest consciousness and individuality?

3. Where does universality have its reality according to Hegel?

4. What qualities exist in both "no property" and "property" according to Hegel?

5. Why does Hegel say that "property" is superior to "no property"?

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