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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According the Hegel's philosophy, what is the one state where complete annihilation of difference occurs?
(a) Self-awareness.
(b) Transcendentalism.
(c) Death.
(d) Loss.

3. How does Hegel see self-division in an entity?
(a) Hegel sees self-division as an improvement over unity.
(b) Hegel sees self-division as a loss of unity.
(c) Hegel sees self-division as the enemy of self-fulfillment.
(d) Hegel sees self-division as the basis of self-fulfillment.

4. Which religion comes first, in Hegel's philosophy?
(a) Instinctual religion.
(b) Moral religion.
(c) Human religion.
(d) Natural religion.

5. According to Hegel's philosophy, what will lead people to the goal of Absolute self-conscious Spirit?
(a) A combination of history and science.
(b) Orthodox religion.
(c) Art and ritual.
(d) Self-awareness in nations.

6. How does Hegel describe the Absolute?
(a) Hegel describes the Absolute as the negation of all differences.
(b) Hegel describes the Absolute as the divine's commandments.
(c) Hegel describes the Absolute as the end of philosophy.
(d) Hegel describes the Absolute as an ontological condition.

7. In Hegel's philosophy, what is the self caught between in its early stage?
(a) Individual and universal mind.
(b) Family and Civil Society.
(c) The present and history.
(d) Nature and ethical knowledge.

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

9. What does Hegel say is the highest moral function of an individual?
(a) To act correctly upon duty.
(b) To understand one's duty.
(c) To help other people fulfill their duty.
(d) To recognize the primal importance of duty.

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

11. What kind of artwork does Hegel discuss as the foundation of revealed religion?
(a) The symphony.
(b) The statue.
(c) The cathedral.
(d) The hymn.

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

13. Which culture does Hegel credit with inspiring his insights?
(a) Greek cults.
(b) Norse cults.
(c) Egyptian religion.
(d) Syrian religion.

14. In Hegel's opinion, what does the universal law of heart lead to?
(a) Nature.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Science.

15. How is belief transformed into enlightenment according to Hegel?
(a) Everything is reaffirmed in its divine aspect.
(b) Everything is accepted as evidence of the divine.
(c) Everything is doubted and questioned.
(d) Everything is rejected as distraction from the divine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the mind that gains a reprieve from the fear of death according to Hegel?

2. In Hegel's philosophy, in what way does the Spirit serve a two-fold function?

3. How does morality operate according to Hegel?

4. In Hegel's philosophy, what is the relation between property and no property?

5. What does the "artificer" represent in Hegel's philosophy?

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