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

2. What are the first types of truths, according to Kant?
(a) False and accurate.
(b) Rational and irrational.
(c) Analytic and synthetic.
(d) Real and unreal.

3. What is "You should not steal" an example of?
(a) A formulation.
(b) A hypothetical imperative.
(c) A moral imperative.
(d) A categorical imperative.

4. In the ideal aesthetic case, what is one moved by?
(a) Raw sensory experience.
(b) Perception of a person.
(c) The inner-workings of a mechanism.
(d) The properties of a substance.

5. What did Kant want to require of each law?
(a) Each person "could" approve of it.
(b) Each person "will" approve of it.
(c) Each person "should" approve of it.
(d) Each person "would" approve of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hume, what can reason tell us about?

2. How did Kant view acting in accordance with one's actions?

3. What did Kant consider to be the basis for moral dignity?

4. Which argument did Kant refuse to take as solid philosophical demonstration?

5. Which of the following would have best described Kant?

(see the answer key)

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