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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Transcendental Philosophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the statement "If you want to make a lot of money, you should go to college"?
(a) Categorical imperative.
(b) Analytical imperative.
(c) Moral imperative.
(d) Hypothetical imperative.

2. What does Kant's ethical system sometimes defy?
(a) The Ten Commandments.
(b) His own sensibilities.
(c) The law.
(d) Common sense.

3. According to Kant, what does identity imply?
(a) Causality.
(b) Rationality.
(c) Substance.
(d) Reality.

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

5. What statement sums up Descartes' certain piece of knowledge?
(a) "I live, therefore I am."
(b) "I think, therefore I am."
(c) "I exist, therefore I am."
(d) "I see, therefore I am."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Scruton, Kant was the first philosopher since whom to place a significant emphasis on aesthetics?

2. What type of sense did Kant have when contemplating natural objects?

3. What was a result of "Critique of Reason" being difficult to read?

4. What are hypothetical imperatives?

5. What question did Kant's subjective argument begin with?

(see the answer key)

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