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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the university Kant attended?
(a) Uniersity of Paris.
(b) University of New York.
(c) University of Koenigsberg.
(d) University of Amsterdam.

2. According to Kant's reply to religious arguments, what is not a predicate?
(a) Self.
(b) Perfection.
(c) God.
(d) Existence.

3. Whose philosophies did Kant revive in the distinction between practical and theoretical knowledge?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Hume.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

4. What statement sums up Descartes' certain piece of knowledge?
(a) "I exist, therefore I am."
(b) "I think, therefore I am."
(c) "I live, therefore I am."
(d) "I see, therefore I am."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which groups did "Critique of Pure Reason" cause a stir?

3. According to Kant, why was he reserved?

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

5. Which of the following made it a rare occurrence for Kant to attend school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kant's categories of metaphysics.

2. Describe Kant's view of religious arguments.

3. According to Hume, what is needed to believe or understand something?

4. Describe the purpose of Kant's subjective argument.

5. Why aren't Kant's arguments about the unity of apperception sound?

6. Why did Kant believe the present was the most privileged time period?

7. What does the following statement mean? Existence is not a predicate of perfection.

8. What is objective knowledge?

9. Describe Kant's career as a professor.

10. Describe the ontological religious argument.

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