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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did Kant publish "Prolegomena to any Future metaphysic which shall lay Claim to being a Science"?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1776.
(c) 1790.
(d) 1783.

4. What are antinomies the logical fallacies of?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Cosmology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Theology.

5. According to Kant, what is essential to the development of an ethical theory?
(a) Existence of soul.
(b) Existence of phenomena.
(c) Existence of noumena.
(d) Existence of God.

6. What does every mistake share?
(a) Attempting to go beyond the boundaries of experience.
(b) Attempting to use conditioned knowledge.
(c) Attempting to make the right decision.
(d) Attempting to use perspective.

7. Which of the following would have best described Kant?
(a) Annoying.
(b) Strict.
(c) Uncreative.
(d) Eccentric.

8. What type of perception does 'apperception' refer to?
(a) Perception of the self.
(b) Perception of a substance.
(c) Perception of a property.
(d) Perception of a group of people.

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

10. What did Kant compare the knowledge of a soul to?
(a) Noumena.
(b) Substance.
(c) Phenomena.
(d) Property.

11. What is considered to be Kant's most important work?
(a) "Critique of Practical Reason."
(b) "Critique of Pure Reason."
(c) "Critique of Judgment."
(d) "Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals."

12. Which of the following did Hume deny?
(a) The existence of logic.
(b) The existence of ethics.
(c) The existence of the world.
(d) The existence of the self.

13. What was a result of "Critique of Reason" being difficult to read?
(a) Kant became angry and insulted his readers.
(b) Kant translated and re-released his work.
(c) Kant had another philosopher translate it.
(d) Kant released a supplemental work.

14. According to the ontological argument, why does God exist?
(a) A creator of the world must exist.
(b) Existence warrants perfection.
(c) Perfection only exists in one entity.
(d) Existence is a perfection.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose theories greatly influenced Kant's metaphysical system?

3. According to Hume, what does all knowledge come through?

4. What type of religious arguments was Kant most interested in?

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

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