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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Background of Kant's Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of truth is "Fido has brown spots"?
(a) A priori.
(b) A posteriori.
(c) Analytic.
(d) Synthetic.

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

3. Which of the following did Hume deny?
(a) The existence of ethics.
(b) The existence of logic.
(c) The existence of the world.
(d) The existence of the self.

4. What type of truth is one that is known before any experience?
(a) A priori.
(b) Analytic.
(c) Synthetic.
(d) A posteriori.

5. Which of the following truths is considered to be more substantive?
(a) Synthetic.
(b) Irrational.
(c) Rational.
(d) Analytic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which groups did "Critique of Pure Reason" cause a stir?

2. What type of truth is "a square has four sides"?

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

4. What did Kant study throughout his early academic career?

5. For Hume to believe something, what did he need?

(see the answer key)

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