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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Spirit in Self-Estrangement- The Discipline of Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hegel, action turns the external world into an arena where what can come into being?
(a) External reality.
(b) Inner truth.
(c) World-consciousness.
(d) Historical consciousness.

2. What is meant by Hegel's term "practical reason"?
(a) Universal truths.
(b) Ideas that result in happiness.
(c) Rational actions.
(d) Instinctual reactions.

3. How does Hegel define ownership?
(a) As being of objects only, never people.
(b) Contractual relationship with mutual obligations.
(c) Close relationship with duties of protection.
(d) Total knowledge and possession.

4. According to the translator, what does "the fact of the matter" refer to?
(a) Conditions surrounding an event.
(b) An assertion of the truth of something.
(c) Realities as they appear to subjectivity.
(d) An absolute reality.

5. In Hegel's philosophy, what does the self want instead of the good and the true?
(a) The self wants to be dominated by more powerful forces.
(b) Freedom to follow its desires.
(c) To follow its own law.
(d) To know truth in universal terms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes clear as the future becomes the past, according to Hegel?

2. What does consciousness rest on in Hegel's account?

3. How does Hegel describe each action?

4. What does Hegel say is the goal of individual self-consciousness?

5. How does Hegel describe the self?

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