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

2. What did Kant have published before 1781?
(a) "Critique of Pure Reason".
(b) A few unremarkable, short books.
(c) Nothing.
(d) "Critique of Judgment".

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

4. For Hume to believe something, what did he need?
(a) Infallible belief.
(b) Reason.
(c) Inferential evidence.
(d) Empirical evidence.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who began the problem of objective knowledge?

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

4. In what year was Kant born?

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

(see the answer key)

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