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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Spirit turns back on itself according to Hegel?
(a) It reconciles history and the present.
(b) It makes further progress.
(c) It raises consciousness to a higher level.
(d) It unifies spirit and mind.

4. What is the stage after the "beautiful soul" in Hegel's view?
(a) The mind becomes the Absolute Spirit incarnate.
(b) The Spirit is manfest in work.
(c) The mind attains enlightenment.
(d) The Spirit discovers its duty.

5. Under what condition does Spirit mean Mind in Hegel's philosophy?
(a) When the Spirit is embodied in a will.
(b) When the Mind begins the struggle for self-awareness.
(c) When the Mind has achieved a higher and special level of functioning.
(d) When the Spirit existst in any particular detail.

6. In Hegel's philosophy, what is the relation between property and no property?
(a) They are opposites.
(b) They are complementary and interdependent.
(c) They are mutually exclusive.
(d) They are opposites and coexisting ideas.

7. According to Hegel, what is the element of self-consciousness closest to the Absolute?
(a) Spirit.
(b) Duty.
(c) Religion.
(d) Work.

8. How does Hegel describe the moral consciousness?
(a) Hegel describes the moral consciousness as the seed for the spirit.
(b) Hegel describes the moral consciousness as a catch-all of intentions.
(c) Hegel describes the moral consciousness as the face of the spirit.
(d) Hegel describes the moral consciousness as an amalgam of inconsistencies.

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

10. According to Hegel, what has Absolute Spirit developed into in the "beautiful soul"?
(a) The Absolute Spirit has become a part of nature.
(b) The Absolute Spirit has become a functioning state of consciousness.
(c) The Absolute Spirit has become a tool for discerning truth.
(d) The Absolute Spirit has disappeared as the beautiful soul manifests its own unique spirit.

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

12. How does Virtue manifest Reason in a society according to Hegel?
(a) Through public rituals.
(b) Through public and private acts.
(c) Through work.
(d) Through works of art.

13. What is freedom at the level of absolute freedom and terror caused by according to Hegel?
(a) Freedom at this level is caused by the absence of all distinctions.
(b) Freedom at this level is caused by the inexorable nature of fate.
(c) Freedom at this level is caused by the particular thingness of all things.
(d) Freedom at this level is caused by the unity of all things.

14. In Hegel's view, what does the spark of the Absolute represent?
(a) The essence of light and darkness unified.
(b) The emergence of the light of consciousness.
(c) The medium in which light is carried.
(d) The eternal nature of virtue.

15. How does Hegel describe the fulfillment of duty?
(a) Hegel says that the fulfillment of duty is morality enacted.
(b) Hegel says that the fulfillment of duty is Spirit manifested.
(c) Hegel says that the fulfillment of duty is the consequence of spiritual life.
(d) Hegel says that the fulfillment of duty is the origin of individuality

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hegel define Enlightenment?

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

3. What does Hegel focus on when he talks about the abstract work of art?

4. In Hegel's philosophy, enlightenment is superior to stages of development that are associated with what?

5. Where does universality have its reality according to Hegel?

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