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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Observation of the Relation of Self-Consciousness to Its Immediate Actuality- Physiognomy and Phrenology.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Hegel describe reason?
(a) As uniquely human.
(b) As an evolutionary benefit.
(c) As a stage of mind.
(d) As evidence of the divine.

3. What relation binds the object and the perceiver in Hegel's philosophy?
(a) The World-Spirit.
(b) History.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Reason.

4. How does Hegel describe force?
(a) Force is a human power to be used against nature.
(b) Force is an eternal power in the world.
(c) Force is impersonal, natural, and divine.
(d) Force is an attempt to transfer understanding.

5. According to Hegel, self-consciousness is aware of itself relative to what?
(a) Conscience and desire.
(b) Objects and universals.
(c) Desire and loss.
(d) Infant fulfillment and abstract promises.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are noumena according to Hegel?

2. How does Hegel classify desires?

3. What is the relationship between phrenology, physiognomy, and cranioscopy according to Hegel?

4. How does Hegel define "irritability"?

5. What is it that expresses both the individual and inner reality, in Hegel's view?

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