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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: The Categorical Imperative.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did Kant establish?
(a) Reality is a small aspect of perception.
(b) Perception is irrelevant to philosophy.
(c) Perception is related to the world.
(d) The self is simply a perception.

2. For Kant to have had any possibility of objective knowledge, what must have been true?
(a) Phenomena and noumena must have been casually related.
(b) Phenomena and properties must have been casually related.
(c) Phenomena and substance must have been casually related.
(d) Phenomena and noumena must have been closely related.

3. Which of the following is true about the statement of "Fido has brown spots"?
(a) The sentence does not include a property.
(b) The act of having is a property.
(c) Brown is a property.
(d) Fido is a property.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hume, what can reason tell us about?

2. Which of the following made it a rare occurrence for Kant to attend school?

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

4. What is the statement "If you want to make a lot of money, you should go to college"?

5. Where was Immanuel Kant born?

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