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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. Which of the following is an example of antinomy?
(a) The cat is gray. Another cat is also gray.
(b) The dog is brown. The dog has white spots.
(c) The cat eats food. The cat drinks water.
(d) The cat is on the chair. The cat is not on the chair.

2. What do all religious arguments collapse into, according to Kant?
(a) Cosmological arguments.
(b) Arguments from design.
(c) Ontological arguments.
(d) Historical arguments.

3. According to Kant, what does the notion of change imply?
(a) Some mediums are unchanged.
(b) Some mediums are constantly changing.
(c) Some mediums will only exist in the future.
(d) Some mediums only exist in the past.

4. When beginning an argument, what did Kant appeal to?
(a) The most basic sense of integrity.
(b) The sense of intelligence.
(c) The most extraordinary facts.
(d) The most basic facts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Scruton, Kant was the first philosopher since whom to place a significant emphasis on aesthetics?

2. When was "Critique of Judgment" published?

3. What did Kant become after attending school?

4. What statement sums up Descartes' certain piece of knowledge?

5. What type of truth is one that is known before any experience?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Kant and Descartes compare and contrast on theories relating to substance and property?

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

3. What is objective knowledge?

4. What did Kant think about marriage?

5. Describe Kant's categories of metaphysics.

6. What was the effect of Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason"?

7. What type of questions did Kant believe that "Critique of Pure Reason" answered?

8. What did Hume argue about reason?

9. Describe Kant's fundamental question of metaphysics.

10. How did Kant react to the arguments from Hume and Leibniz?

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