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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Virtue & the Course of the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Hegel's philosophy, what is the first stage in the development of the conscious mind?
(a) Universal heart is discovered through individual heart.
(b) Forces that contradict the individual's feelings occur.
(c) The sense of the uniqueness of the heart falls away.
(d) Individual heart is recognized by self-consciousness.

2. According to Hegel, why is even a killer dissatisfied with the self-certainty that comes from killing another person?
(a) Because the dead are never removed from the consciousness of the killer.
(b) Because even the final act of murder does not put one in touch with unconscious feelings.
(c) Because some acts cannot be brought into the light.
(d) Because the act of murder is only a beginning and has to be repeated ritually.

3. What is it that indicates something about a person's unique traits, in Hegel's account?
(a) What a person does to their body.
(b) The marks on a body.
(c) The person's original body.
(d) A person's heridity.

4. According to Hegel, how does the truth of concrete individuals manifest?
(a) If manifests without any doubt.
(b) It manifests in every decision.
(c) It manifests in self-conflict.
(d) It manifests in action.

5. What does consciousness rest on in Hegel's account?
(a) Reason.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Perception.
(d) Intuition.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hegel, what does an individual need to do to live wisely and virtuously?

2. How does Hegel define "irritability"?

3. In Hegel's terminology, what does the term "sensibility" pertain to?

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

5. In Hegel's view, how are laws of thought connected?

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