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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 is the insatiable goal of almost all philosophers?
(a) To know everything.
(b) To know what is unknowable.
(c) To confirm existence.
(d) To know all real and rational beings.

2. What is always overlaid with concepts, according to the reading?
(a) Normal perceptions.
(b) Subjectivity.
(c) Objectivity.
(d) Beauty.

3. Which of the following is not considered anti-social behavior as a result of Kant's third formulation of the categorical imperative in modern society?
(a) Drunk driving.
(b) Murder.
(c) Theft.
(d) Begging for money on the streets.

4. What was Kant's key to law?
(a) Consent of the people.
(b) Advocacy of all submitting to the law.
(c) Ensuring the safety of the people.
(d) Agreement of his contemporaries.

5. What was Kant's basic political belief?
(a) One can do anything they would like as long as they do not interfere with another's freedom.
(b) One can never do anything to harm the government or country's image.
(c) One can do anything they would like as long as they are faithful to the church's orders.
(d) One can be creatively free but otherwise conservative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of sense did Kant have when contemplating natural objects?

2. What shows that Kant's ideas are still relevant?

3. What did Kant believe must be true for an action to be good?

4. For Kant, what was moral law based on the idea of?

5. What are imperative statements?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do perceptions occur in an ideal aesthetic case?

2. What is noticeable about Fichte's idealism?

3. What is paradox freedom?

4. Describe Kant's third formulation of the categorical imperative at the root of morality.

5. What did Kant believe about monarchy, democracy, and republicanism?

6. How did Fichte use Kant's philosophies?

7. Was Kant's "Critique of Judgment" a failure or success?

8. How is beauty subjective?

9. Describe Schopenhauer's interpretation of Kant's philosophies.

10. Describe Kant's basic political belief.

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