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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an example of antinomy?
(a) The dog is brown. The dog has white spots.
(b) The cat eats food. The cat drinks water.
(c) The cat is gray. Another cat is also gray.
(d) The cat is on the chair. The cat is not on the chair.

2. What did Leibniz argue could allow us to know almost everything about the world?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Reason.
(c) Religion.
(d) Objectivity.

3. What was Kant's fundamental question of metaphysics?
(a) How synthetic a priori knowledge is possible.
(b) How the self can be conscious.
(c) How existence is possible.
(d) How analytic a priori knowledge is possible.

4. Why does noumena serve a negative role in Kant's philosophy?
(a) Kant's system does not acknowledge the existence of noumena.
(b) It is logically impossible to know what a thing is in itself.
(c) Noumena are generally negative objects.
(d) It is logically impossible to know what role noumena play in phenomena.

5. Which of the following was Kant a determined opponent of?
(a) Existence of self.
(b) Self-consciousness.
(c) Rationalism.
(d) Reality.

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

7. What is rational psychology?
(a) The study of the soul.
(b) The study of metaphysics.
(c) The study of the universe.
(d) The study of paranormal activity.

8. According to Kant, what does the notion of change imply?
(a) Some mediums only exist in the past.
(b) Some mediums are constantly changing.
(c) Some mediums are unchanged.
(d) Some mediums will only exist in the future.

9. What type of truth is "Fido has brown spots"?
(a) Synthetic.
(b) Analytic.
(c) A priori.
(d) A posteriori.

10. What type of religious arguments was Kant most interested in?
(a) Arguments given for God's existence.
(b) Arguments against church's relevance.
(c) Arguments for church's relevance.
(d) Arguments against God's existence.

11. When was "Critique of Judgment" published?
(a) 1795.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1785.

12. Who did Kant borrow the term 'apperception' from?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Hume.
(c) Leibniz.
(d) Aristotle.

13. Despite being dedicated to reason, which of the following described Kant?
(a) Religious.
(b) Superstitious.
(c) Unintelligent.
(d) Illogical.

14. In which groups did "Critique of Pure Reason" cause a stir?
(a) African philosophical circles.
(b) Asian philosophical circles.
(c) American philosophical circles.
(d) European philosophical circles.

15. Which of the following statements about predicates is not true?
(a) Redness is a predicate of an apple.
(b) Existence is a perfection.
(c) Existence does not imply a predicate.
(d) The ontological argument fails.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did "Critique of Judgment" deal with?

2. Whose philosophies did Kant revive in the distinction between practical and theoretical knowledge?

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

4. How was Kant influenced by Leibniz?

5. What type of perception does 'apperception' refer to?

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