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

2. How do Schopenhauer and Fichte compare?
(a) Both distinguished between phenomena and noumena.
(b) Both wanted to justify their own idealism.
(c) Both interpreted Kant the same way.
(d) Both improved upon Kant's philosophy.

3. What does the paradox freedom highlight a contradiction between?
(a) Universal law of causality and categorical imperatives.
(b) Sense of freedom and universal law of causality.
(c) Transcendental philosophy and universal philosophy.
(d) Hypothetical imperatives and categorical imperatives.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Kant relate his philosophical beliefs with his political beliefs?

2. Which philosophers, besides Kant, studied aesthetics?

3. According to Hegel, what does reason want to reach?

4. What is always overlaid with concepts, according to the reading?

5. Which of the following is not considered anti-social behavior as a result of Kant's third formulation of the categorical imperative in modern society?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Fichte use Kant's philosophies?

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

3. How is beauty objective?

4. Describe Kant's hypothetical imperative.

5. Describe Kant's basic political belief.

6. What is noticeable about Fichte's idealism?

7. Which philosopher took the most extravagant interpretation of Kant's views, and why?

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

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

10. According to Kant, how is beauty judged?

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