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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. During what historical period was Kant considered well-known and influential?
(a) American settlement.
(b) European Crusades.
(c) European Wars.
(d) European Enlightenment.

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

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

4. What was one of the last topics Kant addressed before his death?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Aesthetics.
(c) Logic.
(d) Politics.

5. Why did Kant say that empirically, humans are not free?
(a) Humans must breathe and eat.
(b) Humans are controlled by God.
(c) Humans are part of the natural world.
(d) Humans have moral laws to abide by.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true about aesthetic perception?

2. What describes the first formulation that Kant derived?

3. What does aesthetics relate to?

4. Kant's "Critique of Judgment" is considered to be which of the following?

5. Which of the following represented a difficulty for Kant because he wanted to classify it as practical reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Kant believe about monarchy, democracy, and republicanism?

2. How did Fichte use Kant's philosophies?

3. What is the modern connection to Kant's work?

4. According to Kant, how is a person distinguished from the rest of existence?

5. Describe Kant's second formulation of the categorical imperative at the root of morality.

6. What is your personal observation of Kant's philosophy?

7. Describe Kant's first formulation of the categorical imperative at the root of morality.

8. According to Kant, what should the government's role be?

9. Describe Schopenhauer's interpretation of Kant's philosophies.

10. Describe Kant's hypothetical imperative.

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