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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose philosophies presaged existentialism in many ways?
(a) Fichte.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Schopenhauer.

2. What distinguishes a person from the rest of existence?
(a) Self-consciousness.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Rational will.
(d) Contradictions.

3. What did Kant want to require of each law?
(a) Each person "should" approve of it.
(b) Each person "could" approve of it.
(c) Each person "will" approve of it.
(d) Each person "would" approve of it.

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

5. How did Kant feel about Fichte's idealism?
(a) He never gave an opinion about it.
(b) He was an explicit proponent.
(c) He subtly hinted he was a proponent.
(d) He was an explicit opponent.

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

7. Why didn't Kant advocate democracy?
(a) He didn't think men should be able to control others.
(b) He did not like the concept of political parties.
(c) He didn't think all were qualified to vote.
(d) He didn't think all should hold office.

8. What best describes the arguments in Kant's "Critique of Judgment"?
(a) Subjective.
(b) Illogical.
(c) Impressive.
(d) Weak.

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

10. What is the concept of humanity superimposed upon?
(a) One's motives.
(b) One's perceptions.
(c) One's ethics.
(d) One's intelligence.

11. What type of government did Kant favor?
(a) Republicanism.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Monarchy.

12. In an aesthetic situation that is not ideal, how does one judge?
(a) Immediately.
(b) Logically.
(c) Through a process of thought.
(d) Deliberately.

13. What did Kant believe the fundamental political right is?
(a) Logic.
(b) Morals.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Emotion.

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

15. What is "You should not steal" an example of?
(a) A moral imperative.
(b) A categorical imperative.
(c) A formulation.
(d) A hypothetical imperative.

Short Answer Questions

1. When judging beauty, what does the mind apply?

2. During what historical period was Kant considered well-known and influential?

3. Which of the following is true about subjectivity?

4. What is the second quality of Fichte's idealism?

5. Kant believed that what was at the root of all morality?

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