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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: The Categorical Imperative.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Kant compare the knowledge of a soul to?
(a) Phenomena.
(b) Substance.
(c) Noumena.
(d) Property.

2. What food was used as an example to imply the unchanged existence of some medium?
(a) Apple.
(b) Tomato.
(c) Potato.
(d) Carrot.

3. Which of the following did Kant approach in a curious way?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Logic.
(d) Laws.

4. What type of truth is "a square has four sides"?
(a) Analytic.
(b) Rational.
(c) Irrational.
(d) Synthetic.

5. According to Kant, why was he reserved?
(a) It was necessary to avoid getting hurt.
(b) It was necessary to be intelligent.
(c) He worked too hard to have relationships.
(d) It was necessary for a philosophical lifestyle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Kant could ground an ethical theory, what did he first have to resolve?

2. What do all religious arguments collapse into, according to Kant?

3. According to Scruton, Kant was the first philosopher since whom to place a significant emphasis on aesthetics?

4. Which of the following did Hume deny?

5. What type of truth is "Fido has brown spots"?

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