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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Background of Kant's Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did "Critique of Judgment" deal with?
(a) Aesthetics.
(b) Religion.
(c) Logic.
(d) Ethics.

2. What statement sums up Descartes' certain piece of knowledge?
(a) "I exist, therefore I am."
(b) "I live, therefore I am."
(c) "I think, therefore I am."
(d) "I see, therefore I am."

3. What philosophical school did Hume belong to?
(a) Rationalism.
(b) Irrationalism.
(c) Empiricism.
(d) Extremism.

4. What did Kant become after attending school?
(a) Electrician.
(b) Physicist.
(c) Professor.
(d) Writer.

5. Which of the following did Hume deny?
(a) The existence of the self.
(b) The existence of ethics.
(c) The existence of logic.
(d) The existence of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is considered to be Kant's most important work?

2. What did Kant have published before 1781?

3. Despite being dedicated to reason, which of the following described Kant?

4. What is the category for something considered to be trivially true?

5. What did Descartes argue was the first and most certain piece of knowledge?

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