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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) Meditation and transcendence.
(b) Physical training.
(c) Practice and repetition.
(d) Study and memorization.

2. 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 eternal nature of virtue.
(d) The medium in which light is carried.

3. How does Idealist philosophy describe the world?
(a) As the externalization of animist rituals.
(b) As the manifestation of human divinity.
(c) As full of attributes of consciousness.
(d) As the result of divine work.

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. At the level of freedom and terror, what does self-consciousness have according to Hegel?
(a) Self-certainty.
(b) Partial identification with the universal mind.
(c) Existential dread.
(d) Unity with the divine mind.

9. In Hegel's philosophy, where is duty found?
(a) In relation to Mind.
(b) In relation to family members and organizations.
(c) In relation to Spirit.
(d) In good faith ethics.

10. Who else reached similar conclusions to Hegel's, about the nature of Absolute self-consciousness?
(a) Eastern philosophers.
(b) Renaissance philosophers.
(c) Enlightenment philosophers.
(d) Pragmatist philosophers.

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

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

13. What does Hegel say is the Divine?
(a) The human.
(b) The world.
(c) The self-consciousness.
(d) The spirit.

14. How does Hegel look at ethics in the "Moral View of the World" chapter?
(a) Hegel looks at ethics with respect to spirit.
(b) Hegel looks at ethics with respect to individuality.
(c) Hegel looks at ethics with respect to religion.
(d) Hegel looks at ethics with respect to culture.

15. According to Hegel, how can absolute freedom be expressed?
(a) Through self-fulling choices.
(b) It cannot be expressed.
(c) Through negativity.
(d) Through an activity that proceeds from the self.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "beautiful soul's" relationship with morality according to Hegel?

2. What does the belief in the Underworld transform into according to Hegel?

3. How does Hegel describe each action?

4. What is freedom at the level of absolute freedom and terror caused by according to Hegel?

5. What does Hegel relate conscious activity to?

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