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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 is the name of the university Kant attended?
(a) University of Koenigsberg.
(b) Uniersity of Paris.
(c) University of New York.
(d) University of Amsterdam.

2. Who did Kant believe was right about objective knowledge?
(a) Hume.
(b) Leibniz.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Both Leibniz and Hume were half right.

3. According to Kant, why was he reserved?
(a) It was necessary for a philosophical lifestyle.
(b) It was necessary to be intelligent.
(c) It was necessary to avoid getting hurt.
(d) He worked too hard to have relationships.

4. What philosophical school did Leibniz belong to?
(a) Rationalists.
(b) Extremists.
(c) Syntheticists.
(d) Noumenalists.

5. What did "Critique of Practical Reason" deal with?
(a) Religion.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Aesthetics.
(d) Logic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Hume, what does all knowledge come through?

3. Where was Immanuel Kant born?

4. What did Descartes argue was the first and most certain piece of knowledge?

5. What did Kant have published before 1781?

(see the answer key)

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