The Phenomenology of Mind Test | Final Test - Medium

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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. In Hegel's opinion, what is superstition based on?
(a) Spiritual intuition.
(b) Inadequate knowledge.
(c) Universal Mind.
(d) Transcendent experience.

2. Where does Hegel look for God in art?
(a) In the social uses of art.
(b) In the mystical experience of art.
(c) In the framework for art.
(d) In the underlying laws of art.

3. What work marks the progress through Hegel's text and meanings?
(a) Study and memorization.
(b) Meditation and transcendence.
(c) Practice and repetition.
(d) Physical training.

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

5. What does Hegel describe as the theatre for ethical choices?
(a) The Mind.
(b) History.
(c) The universe.
(d) Daily life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Spirit represent for the Mind according to Hegel?

2. When does the complete spiritual being begin to function in the world according to Hegel?

3. What term does Hegel use to describe the interrelation of Spirit with events?

4. What does Hegel say has to be his starting point for consciousness?

5. What qualities exist in both "no property" and "property" according to Hegel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hegel say about the distribution of wealth?

2. What is the contradiction that governs the self's relationship with morality, in Hegel's view?

3. How does Hegel define moments?

4. What is God's relationship with the work of art, in Hegel's view?

5. What, in Hegel's view, is the purpose of life?

6. How do light and dark function in natural religion, in Hegel's view?

7. According to Hegel, how is duty related to action?

8. Define the German word Geist.

9. According to Hegel's philosophy, what is the individual's relationship with society, in terms of the development of ethical behavior?

10. In what way does Hegel say that humans can continue to progress beyond Absolute Knowledge?

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