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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 describes the consequences of Kant's political belief?
(a) Classical conservatism.
(b) Modern conservatism.
(c) Modern liberalism.
(d) Classical liberalism.

2. Who was Kant most critical of when it came to voting rights?
(a) Women.
(b) Young men.
(c) Poor men.
(d) Old men.

3. From which critique did Kant's fundamental political right come from?
(a) Critique of judgment.
(b) Critique of pure reasoning.
(c) Critique of practical reasoning.
(d) Critique of political systems.

4. To Kant, what was being free?
(a) Being able to obey one's reason.
(b) Being able to have ideas.
(c) Being able to understand paradox.
(d) Being able to assess the self.

5. Which critique does the reading mention that Hegel read?
(a) Judgment.
(b) Politics.
(c) Practical reason.
(d) Pure reason.

6. How did Kant believe that humans see the world?
(a) As a spectrum of experiences.
(b) As a series of insignificant actions.
(c) As an imperative statement.
(d) As a field of action.

7. What did Kant permit the government to engage in?
(a) Over-taxing.
(b) Capital punishment.
(c) Money laundering.
(d) Coercion.

8. What are hypothetical imperatives?
(a) Statements that place a condition or quality imperative.
(b) Statements that are unqualified.
(c) Statements that revolve around properties rather than substances.
(d) Statements that are paradoxes.

9. What type of judgment is beauty?
(a) Deliberate.
(b) Immediate.
(c) Substantiary.
(d) Reactionary.

10. Kant's "Critique of Judgment" is considered to be which of the following?
(a) Disorganized and unclear.
(b) Concise and clear.
(c) Concise and focused.
(d) Strongly argued but disorganized.

11. Who took the most extravagant interpretation of Kant?
(a) Schopenhauer.
(b) Plato.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Fichte.

12. Following from Kant's view, what measures whether or not an action is good?
(a) Law-abiding.
(b) Passion behind the decision.
(c) Difficulty.
(d) Religion.

13. What was the reason Kant's "Critique of Judgment" did not fail?
(a) Exploring an uncharted topic.
(b) Interesting points.
(c) Strong arguments.
(d) Well-written.

14. How did Kant feel about monarchy?
(a) He encouraged a monarch as a figurehead ,but with a parliament to back them.
(b) He did not trust monarchy.
(c) He did not like monarchy but accepted it as the freest form of government.
(d) He thought that a monarchy was the strongest type of government.

15. What did Kant refer to in order to solve the problem buried below ethical theory?
(a) Hypothetical imperative.
(b) Categorical imperative.
(c) Transcendental philosophy.
(d) Universal law of causality.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In an aesthetic situation that is not ideal, how does one judge?

3. What did Kant believe must be true for an action to be good?

4. What elements are essential for aesthetic judgment?

5. What are imperative statements?

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