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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hegel include in the limitations of laws?
(a) Limitations of self-consciousness.
(b) Limitations of observation.
(c) Limitations of reflection.
(d) Limitations of mind.

2. What is the purpose of an animal's mentality in Hegel's opinion?
(a) To evolve toward consciousness.
(b) To fulfill human purposes.
(c) To match organic nature.
(d) To manifest the univeral mind.

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

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

5. What does "the concrete" have in Hegel's account?
(a) Scientific self-certainty.
(b) Consciousness.
(c) Unique life.
(d) Form and universals.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the translator, what does "the fact of the matter" refer to?

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

3. How does the double consciousness unify according to Hegel's philosophy?

4. According to the translator's note, Hegel's study of pleasure and necessity is really a study of what?

5. In what way could Hegel see a person, a table and a fruit as all identical?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can the individual's truths be realized, according to Hegel's philosophy?

2. What is the difference between "theoretical reason" and "practical reason" in Hegel's terminology?

3. What does a consciousness require in order to use observation at the level of Reason according to Hegel's philosophy?

4. What does "concrete" mean in Hegel's terminology?

5. What are the two meanings Hegel gives to the term "independent self-consciousness"?

6. In Hegel's philosophy, what relationship do the sciences--particularly phrenology and craniology--have to do with truth?

7. How does Hegel define force?

8. Where do laws come from in Hegel's philosophy?

9. What are the stages by which the conscious mind develops, in Hegel's terminology?

10. What obstacle is there, in Hegel's terminology, to an individual following the law of the heart?

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