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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Enlightenment and Law.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the statement "If you want to make a lot of money, you should go to college"?
(a) Hypothetical imperative.
(b) Analytical imperative.
(c) Categorical imperative.
(d) Moral imperative.

2. How did Kant feel about monarchy?
(a) He encouraged a monarch as a figurehead ,but with a parliament to back them.
(b) He did not trust monarchy.
(c) He did not like monarchy but accepted it as the freest form of government.
(d) He thought that a monarchy was the strongest type of government.

3. What distinguishes a person from the rest of existence?
(a) Self-consciousness.
(b) Rational will.
(c) Contradictions.
(d) Psychology.

4. According to Kant, what is essential to the development of an ethical theory?
(a) Existence of soul.
(b) Existence of phenomena.
(c) Existence of noumena.
(d) Existence of God.

5. What describes the third formulation of Kant's categorical imperative?
(a) One should obey the law.
(b) One should treat others with respect.
(c) One should treat others as they wish to be treated.
(d) One should act as if his actions were legislating a law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the last topics Kant addressed before his death?

2. What type of truth is something that is known only as the result of some experience?

3. What philosophical school did Leibniz belong to?

4. What does Kant's ethical system sometimes defy?

5. Whose theories greatly influenced Kant's metaphysical system?

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