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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. What does "the concrete" have in Hegel's account?
(a) Consciousness.
(b) Form and universals.
(c) Scientific self-certainty.
(d) Unique life.

2. 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.

3. According to Hegel, how does the animal fulfill its purpose?
(a) By attaining reflection.
(b) By attaining consciousness.
(c) By living.
(d) By reconciling its self with reality.

4. In Hegel's terminology, what does the term "sensibility" pertain to?
(a) A physiological apparatus for perception.
(b) A mental construct that organizes sensations.
(c) An entity whose end is itself.
(d) A zeitgeist, a spirit of the times.

5. Where does Hegel locate the beginning of scientific knowledge?
(a) In spirituality.
(b) In God.
(c) In History.
(d) In self-knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What relation binds the object and the perceiver in Hegel's philosophy?

2. According to Hegel, self-consciousness is aware of itself relative to what?

3. What were both phrenology and cranioscopy looking for?

4. What did cranioscopy examine?

5. What are noumena according to Hegel?

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