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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Transcendental Deduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Kant's system revolutionary?
(a) It asserted the existence of synthetic a posteriori truths.
(b) It asserted the existence of analytic a posteriori truths.
(c) It asserted the existence of synthetic a priori truths.
(d) It asserted the existence of analytic a priori truths.

3. Where was Immanuel Kant born?
(a) United States of America.
(b) Prussia.
(c) France.
(d) England.

4. What is the category for something considered to be trivially true?
(a) Synthetic truth.
(b) Real truth.
(c) Analytic truth.
(d) Rational truth.

5. What did Leibniz argue could allow us to know almost everything about the world?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Objectivity.
(c) Religion.
(d) Reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is described as being inaccessible to humanity?

2. According to Kant, why was he reserved?

3. What was Kant's fundamental question of metaphysics?

4. Which of the following made it a rare occurrence for Kant to attend school?

5. How was Kant influenced by Leibniz?

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