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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: The Transcendental Deduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is true about Kant's time in school?
(a) He enjoyed spending time with his peers.
(b) He hated learning, but his teachers encouraged him.
(c) He hated his time in school.
(d) He enjoyed talking to the teachers.

2. When did Kant die?
(a) 1809.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1804.

3. Where was Immanuel Kant born?
(a) England.
(b) United States of America.
(c) Prussia.
(d) France.

4. What did Kant say is a privileged place in perception?
(a) The future.
(b) Relativism.
(c) The present.
(d) The past.

5. What is the name of the philosopher who wrote Meditations?
(a) Hume.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Leibniz.
(d) Kant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was David Hume from?

2. According to Kant, what does identity imply?

3. What statement sums up Descartes' certain piece of knowledge?

4. Which of the following best describes Kant's categories of thought?

5. What type of truth is something that is known only as the result of some experience?

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