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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Moral View of the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the ultimate result of action according to Hegel?
(a) Self-awareness.
(b) Ethical behavior.
(c) Reconciliation of the universal and the particular.
(d) Renewed conflict within the self.

2. What dictum does Hegel endorse?
(a) Speak only when necessary.
(b) Do what you are afraid to do.
(c) Love thy neighbor as thyself.
(d) Know thyself.

3. What are the elements in Hegel's account?
(a) The conditions of archaic existence.
(b) Earth, fire, water, air.
(c) The fundamental emotions, anger, desire, pity.
(d) The sun, moon and stars.

4. How does Hegel define "irritability"?
(a) As an organism's ability to act out.
(b) As a failure of reflection.
(c) As a constant in conscious life.
(d) As a the consequence of reconciliation.

5. According to Hegel, what must an individual conquer in order to manifest consciousness and individuality?
(a) The individual must conquer the part of themselves that runs counter to what society needs.
(b) The individual must conquer the society itself.
(c) The individual must conquer the animal nature within themselves.
(d) The individual must conquer necessity and the inevitability of his responses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What qualities does Hegel describe as being necessary for organic entities?

2. In Hegel's opinion, what is superstition based on?

3. What were both phrenology and cranioscopy looking for?

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

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

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