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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hegel describe the moral consciousness?

2. In Hegel's view, what does the spark of the Absolute represent?

3. What happens to the mind that gains a reprieve from the fear of death according to Hegel?

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

5. What does Hegel include in the religion of art?

Short Essay Questions

1. Define the German word Geist.

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

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

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

5. According to Hegel, what does the law of heart do to an individual who follows it?

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

7. What, in Hegel's view, is the purpose of life?

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

9. How does Hegel define Absolute Freedom?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the midst of his discussion of spirit and individuality, Hegel detours into a chapter on property and no property, and even describes communism as an ideal social system for distributing goods. What is the role of this social planning impulse throughout the rest of Phenomenology of Spirit? Is Hegel urging socio-political changes, or is he talking abstractly, or metaphorically, of the soul? How political is Hegel?

Essay Topic 2

What are the laws that govern the self in its relation with itself and in its relation with external reality? Discuss the laws that apply to the self in its development. Is development itself one of the world's laws according to Hegel's philosophy?

Essay Topic 3

What is the difference between concrete individuality and Absolute Spirit in Hegel's philosophy? They both strike a balance between internal and external reality and experience, but how are they separate terms?

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