1. According to Hume, what can reason tell us about?
(a) One's faith.
(b) One's fears.
(c) One's intelligence.
(d) One's experience.

2. What is the problem with Descartes' certain knowledge?
(a) It assumes that breathing warrants thinking.
(b) It assumes the existence of a self.
(c) It assumes that humans think.
(d) It assumes that existence warrants thinking.

3. Which of the following best describes Kant's categories of thought?
(a) Perceptions of existence.
(b) Qualities of perception.
(c) Modes of understanding.
(d) Categories of self-consciousness.

4. Which of the following is true about the statement "Fido has brown spots"?
(a) The act of having is a substance.
(b) Spots is a substance.
(c) Brown is a substance.
(d) Fido is a substance.

5. What was the occupation of Kant's father?
(a) Writer.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Harness maker.
(d) Scientist.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kant attempted to use the unity of apperception to prove facts about the world, who admitted that these arguments were not generally philosophically sound?

2. According to Kant, what does the notion of change imply?

3. When did Kant publish "Prolegomena to any Future metaphysic which shall lay Claim to being a Science"?

4. How many times did Kant come close to marriage?

5. How was Kant influenced by Leibniz?

(see the answer key)

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