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

2. Kant believed that what was at the root of all morality?
(a) A single categorical imperative.
(b) A single hypothetical imperative.
(c) A 'could' statement.
(d) A 'will' statement.

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

4. What type of judgment is beauty?
(a) Reactionary.
(b) Immediate.
(c) Deliberate.
(d) Substantiary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kant's key to law?

2. Why did Kant say that empirically, humans are not free?

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

4. What was one of the last topics Kant addressed before his death?

5. What happened to Hegel's "attempts" each time his alleged building process occurred?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is beauty objective?

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

3. Describe Kant's overall impact on philosophy.

4. How is beauty subjective?

5. Describe Kant's categorical imperative.

6. What is noticeable about Fichte's idealism?

7. How do perceptions occur in an ideal aesthetic case?

8. How did Kant describe the concept of humanity as superimposed on one's perception?

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

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

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