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

2. 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 the origin of individuality
(c) Hegel says that the fulfillment of duty is Spirit manifested.
(d) Hegel says that the fulfillment of duty is the consequence of spiritual life.

3. What does Insight cause people to find according to Hegel?
(a) Consciousness.
(b) History.
(c) The universal mind.
(d) Religion.

4. According to Hegel, what does each action lead to?
(a) The need to mediate with self-consciousness.
(b) Unification of Spirit and Mind.
(c) A new occasion for self-awareness to be born.
(d) The death of all other possible actions.

5. What does Hegel relate conscious activity to?
(a) Rain.
(b) Nature.
(c) Light.
(d) Darkness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of artwork does Hegel discuss as the foundation of revealed religion?

2. Which religion comes first, in Hegel's philosophy?

3. How does Hegel look at ethics in the "Moral View of the World" chapter?

4. How does Hegel define the self at the higher level of consciousness?

5. What serves as a model for duties for individuals in Hegel's opinion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hegel define Absolute Freedom?

2. What does Hegel mean by saying that every action is divisive?

3. How do light and dark function in natural religion, in Hegel's view?

4. How does Hegel define self-estrangement?

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

6. How does Hegel define duty?

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

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

9. According to Hegel, how is duty related to action?

10. What is the effect of Insight on self-consciousness, in Hegel's philosophy?

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