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

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

3. What was Hegel's dread of death influenced by?
(a) Hegel's father's death.
(b) Hegel's accident on horseback.
(c) An ongoing war.
(d) Hegel's near-death experience.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hegel describe the divine in its initial stage?

2. What does Hegel call a kind of diffusing selfless Self?

3. What qualities exist in both "no property" and "property" according to Hegel?

4. In Hegel's philosophy, which aspect of mind can operate in ways that do not touch daily life in a cause-effect manner?

5. What does Spirit represent for the Mind according to Hegel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the statue represent in Hegel's view?

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

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

5. Define the German word Geist.

6. How does Hegel account for self-conflict as an opportunity for the self?

7. According to Hegel, what do artists and tool makers have in common?

8. How is the Divine Being revealed, in Hegel's philosophy?

9. What is enlightenment and what are its consequences according to Hegel?

10. How does Hegel define the artificer?

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