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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. When did Kant publish "Prolegomena to any Future metaphysic which shall lay Claim to being a Science"?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1783.

2. What type of truth is something that is known only as the result of some experience?
(a) A posteriori.
(b) Analytic.
(c) A priori.
(d) Synthetic.

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

4. How was Kant influenced by Leibniz?
(a) He agreed with him so much.
(b) He had so many disagreements with him.
(c) He sided with Leibniz over Hume.
(d) He thought Leibniz was more intelligent than Hume.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Critique of Judgment" published?

2. What type of truth is one that is known before any experience?

3. What did Kant become after attending school?

4. What did "Critique of Practical Reason" deal with?

5. What philosophical school did Leibniz belong to?

(see the answer key)

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