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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 represented a difficulty for Kant because he wanted to classify it as practical reason?
(a) Death.
(b) Logic.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Beauty.

2. What is the insatiable goal of almost all philosophers?
(a) To know what is unknowable.
(b) To confirm existence.
(c) To know all real and rational beings.
(d) To know everything.

3. According to Hegel, how did his subject of study build?
(a) Through self-improvement.
(b) Through self-consciousness.
(c) Through self-destruction.
(d) Through self-existence.

4. What happened to Hegel's "attempts" each time his alleged building process occurred?
(a) Each step was painful.
(b) Success.
(c) Failure.
(d) Each step was closer to the end of existence.

5. Which of the following describes a categorical imperative?
(a) Substance rather than property.
(b) Completely unqualified.
(c) Morally ambiguous.
(d) A "would" statement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which critique does the reading mention that Hegel read?

2. Which of the following did Kant approach in a curious way?

3. Which of the following would Kant most agree with?

4. What does "Critique of Judgment" influence?

5. What elements are essential for aesthetic judgment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was Kant's "Critique of Judgment" a failure or success?

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

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

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

5. How is beauty objective?

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

7. What is noticeable about Fichte's idealism?

8. According to Kant, how is beauty judged?

9. How is beauty subjective?

10. Describe Kant's categorical imperative.

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