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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) 1790.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1780.
(d) 1783.

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

3. Who began the problem of objective knowledge?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Plato.
(c) Hume.
(d) Aristotle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the problem with Descartes' certain knowledge?

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

3. Where was David Hume from?

4. What philosophical school did Leibniz belong to?

5. What was the occupation of Kant's father?

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