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

2. How does the double consciousness unify according to Hegel's philosophy?
(a) By embracing the divine.
(b) By submission of the body to the spirit.
(c) By transcending the physical.
(d) Through mediation and transformation.

3. How else do the inner and outer relate, besides being opposites according to Hegel?
(a) The outer is also dependent on the inner.
(b) The inner is also dependent on the outer.
(c) They are also complementary.
(d) They are also mutually dependent.

4. What is humanity's tendency according to Hegel?
(a) To be driven by desire.
(b) To evolve toward the spirit.
(c) To create the will through work.
(d) To follow the heart.

5. 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 'things'.
(c) They are all 'objects of perception' to another person.
(d) They are all 'mind'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of Hegel's treatise?

2. What school of thought influenced Hegel's writing?

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

4. What does Hegel relate desire to?

5. According to Hegel, what are the mind's two relations to reality?

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