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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hegel say the meaning of life is for every individual?
(a) "To be myself."
(b) "To fulfill the self."
(c) "To know the self."
(d) "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

3. What else does Reason require in Hegel's philosophy?
(a) An acceptable myth describing the nature of self and world.
(b) The self-evidence of the self and the world.
(c) Doubt as to the nature of the self and the world.
(d) A degree of monomania.

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

5. In Hegel's view, how are laws of thought connected?
(a) By logic.
(b) By reason.
(c) By science.
(d) By history.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Hegel locate the beginning of scientific knowledge?

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

4. How does Hegel describe force?

5. Which philosopher influenced Hegel's use of categories?

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