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

2. What does Hegel say is ultimately impossible for a human?
(a) Transcendence.
(b) Fulfillment.
(c) Purposelessness.
(d) Self-awareness.

3. According to Hegel, why is even a killer dissatisfied with the self-certainty that comes from killing another person?
(a) Because some acts cannot be brought into the light.
(b) Because even the final act of murder does not put one in touch with unconscious feelings.
(c) Because the dead are never removed from the consciousness of the killer.
(d) Because the act of murder is only a beginning and has to be repeated ritually.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did cranioscopy examine?

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

5. According to Hegel, why is the self unhappy?

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