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

2. When does the complete spiritual being begin to function in the world according to Hegel?
(a) When the philosopher discovers the Absolute.
(b) When the Absolute is established as a modus operandi.
(c) When the soul begins its work within the self.
(d) When the soul completes its work in society.

3. What is it that makes philosophy necessary and valuable according to Hegel?
(a) The nature of life itself.
(b) The possibility of consciousness.
(c) The evolution of scientific knowledge.
(d) The requirement to do good work.

4. What is the "beautiful soul's" relationship with morality according to Hegel?
(a) Morality is one of the beautiful soul's tools.
(b) Morality is effectively built-in to the beautiful soul
(c) Morality is the means by which the soul attains its beauty.
(d) Morality is the beautiful soul's duty.

5. What term does Hegel use to describe the interrelation of Spirit with events?
(a) Moments.
(b) Occasions.
(c) Spirit of the Times.
(d) Happenings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emerges after self-estrangement fades according to Hegel?

2. What is the center of moral life according to Hegel?

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

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

5. What does Hegel see in his ideal form of art?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between "property" and "no property" in Hegel's view?

2. According to Hegel, how does the individual experience Absolute Knowledge?

3. In what way or under what conditions can self-consciousness itself be moral in Hegel's view?

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

5. How does Hegel describe the Absolute Spirit?

6. According to Hegel's philosophy, what is the progression the self follows?

7. According to Hegel, what effect does the awareness of death have on the self?

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

9. How does Hegel define Absolute Freedom?

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

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