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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What qualities does Hegel describe as being necessary for organic entities?
(a) Self-preserving.
(b) Self-conscious.
(c) Capable of perception.
(d) Reflective.

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

3. According tio Hegel where do psychological laws originate?
(a) In self-reflection.
(b) In the fulfillment of self-consciousness.
(c) In the failure of the power of observation.
(d) In the concrete reality of the self.

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

5. Hegel writes that the divisive power of the mind allows the self to define itself relative to what?
(a) The external universe.
(b) The family.
(c) The individual's past.
(d) The self.

6. To what does the term "sensibility" apply according to Hegel?
(a) The entire universe.
(b) Humans and animals.
(c) All living things.
(d) All humans.

7. Which modern culture is the most representative descendant of Hegelian thinking?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) America.
(d) Russia.

8. According to Hegel's philosophy, independent self-consciousness is both an aspect of concrete individuality and what else?
(a) Scientific consciousness.
(b) Self-reflection as the process of expressing the self.
(c) Thinghood insofar as the self is an object of knowledge.
(d) Spirituality.

9. Why does Hegel say that the relationship with the bondsman is not fulfilling for the lord?
(a) Because of the nostalgia for pre-lapsarian consciousness.
(b) Because of the drive to power.
(c) Because of the imp of the perverse.
(d) Because of a self-contained counter effect.

10. What does Hegel say we have to see in order to understand the truth about a thing?
(a) The notion that things continue to exist regardless of our presence or absence.
(b) The reality that perception is subjective and relative.
(c) The possibility of there being something more than the thing itself.
(d) The possibility that there can be more than one thing at a time.

11. According to Hegel, what is it that prevents the development of consciousness from producing societal problems?
(a) Organic consciousness.
(b) Correct forms.
(c) Society.
(d) Self-reflection.

12. According to Hegel, what does an individual need to do to live wisely and virtuously?
(a) Live their lives.
(b) Express themselves in acts and words.
(c) Conform to their culture.
(d) Develop new ways of doing things.

13. What is the reason of observation conjoined with, according to the translator? 
(a) Self reconciliation.
(b) Scientific knowledge.
(c) Self-consciousness and reflection.
(d) Knowledge and science.

14. What is the result of force in Hegel's philosophy?
(a) A new understanding.
(b) A new authority.
(c) A new law.
(d) A reassessment of relationships.

15. What is a pre-condition to Reason according to Hegel?
(a) Double consciousness.
(b) Stable sources of food and shelter.
(c) Transcendent self-awareness.
(d) Stable self-certainty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hegel describe force?

2. What is it that indicates something about a person's unique traits, in Hegel's account?

3. What does Hegel relate desire to?

4. According to Hegel, what constitutes the Course of the World?

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

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