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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Reason as Testing Laws.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hegel say the meaning of life is for every individual?
(a) "To know the self."
(b) "To be myself."
(c) "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
(d) "To fulfill the self."

2. According to Hegel, self-consciousness is aware of itself relative to what?
(a) Objects and universals.
(b) Desire and loss.
(c) Conscience and desire.
(d) Infant fulfillment and abstract promises.

3. How does Hegel describe reason?
(a) As a stage of mind.
(b) As evidence of the divine.
(c) As uniquely human.
(d) As an evolutionary benefit.

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

5. Why does Hegel say that "property" is superior to "no property"?
(a) Because no property is an absence that depends on the concept of property.
(b) Because property makes people think long term.
(c) Because property can function independently of 'no property' but 'no property' cannot function independently.
(d) Because property makes people think short term.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of an animal's mentality in Hegel's opinion?

2. What does "the concrete" have in Hegel's account?

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

4. To what does the term "sensibility" apply according to Hegel?

5. What is the reason of observation conjoined with, according to the translator? 

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