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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was described as the appearance of objects?
(a) Noumena.
(b) Phenomena.
(c) Substance.
(d) Property.

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

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

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

8. Where was David Hume from?
(a) France.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) England.

9. When was "Critique of Practical Reason" published?
(a) 1788.
(b) 1793.
(c) 1781.
(d) 1790.

10. What did Kant study throughout his early academic career?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Math.
(c) A variety of disciplines.
(d) Geography.

11. Why was Kant's system revolutionary?
(a) It asserted the existence of synthetic a posteriori truths.
(b) It asserted the existence of synthetic a priori truths.
(c) It asserted the existence of analytic a posteriori truths.
(d) It asserted the existence of analytic a priori truths.

12. What was described as being an object itself?
(a) Property.
(b) Substance.
(c) Phenomena.
(d) Noumena.

13. 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 will only exist in the future.
(d) Some mediums are unchanged.

14. What philosophical school did Hume belong to?
(a) Empiricism.
(b) Irrationalism.
(c) Extremism.
(d) Rationalism.

15. Which of the following is described as being inaccessible to humanity?
(a) The animal kingdom.
(b) Reason.
(c) The world.
(d) Ethics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can one assume if they consider the universe in its totality?

2. What is described as something which exists dependently upon a substance?

3. What is the category for something considered to be trivially true?

4. Which of the following statements about predicates is not true?

5. What type of truth is something that is known only as the result of some experience?

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