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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hegel searching for in his discussion of morality?
(a) An eternal morality.
(b) A morality that will emerge from 'moments'.
(c) An innately moral level of self-consciousness.
(d) A level of self-consciousness that provides the basis for morality.

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

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

4. What in Hegel's view does individuality gain when it finds itself after being lost to the public order?
(a) Universality.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Historical conciousness.
(d) Eternal life.

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

6. What do contradictory elements lead to according to Hegel?
(a) Self-fulfillment.
(b) Hypocrisy.
(c) Dutiful actions.
(d) Self-awareness.

7. What does Hegel prepare for his readers in the last chapter?
(a) A theory of science.
(b) A theory of art.
(c) A map of the terrain ahead.
(d) A history of consciousness.

8. What does the conscience create according to Hegel?
(a) A manifestation of the Universal Mind.
(b) A concrete instance of the Mind.
(c) A rebirth and cultivation of Spirit.
(d) The sphere in which Mind can be perfected.

9. What emerges after self-estrangement fades according to Hegel?
(a) Unity.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) A new round of self-conflict.
(d) Divinity.

10. What does conceit cause according to Hegel?
(a) Individuality.
(b) Self-awareness.
(c) Bad faith.
(d) Impure motives and perversions.

11. What does Hegel say has to be his starting point for consciousness?
(a) Hegel says that he has to begin from a spiritual view of the world.
(b) Hegel says that consciousness begins with self-conflict.
(c) Hegel says that he has to begin from a moral view of the world.
(d) Hegel says that consciousness begins with self-awareness.

12. What assumption does Hegel make about God?
(a) That he is present.
(b) That he is perfect and timeless.
(c) That he is unreachable.
(d) That he is human and compassionate.

13. What does Hegel call a kind of diffusing selfless Self?
(a) The world of inanimate things.
(b) The natural world as a whole.
(c) The absolute aspect of man.
(d) The world of plants and animals.

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

15. How does morality operate according to Hegel?
(a) In intentions.
(b) In moments.
(c) In works.
(d) In eternity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Insight cause people to find according to Hegel?

2. Which culture does Hegel credit with inspiring his insights?

3. Whose work did Hegel write in the shadow of?

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

5. According to Hegel, what do people ultimately find as a result of Insight?

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