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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Enlightenment and Law.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Descartes argue was the first and most certain piece of knowledge?
(a) One has an identity.
(b) One is a human being.
(c) One is a thinking self.
(d) One is an intelligent self.

2. When was "Critique of Practical Reason" published?
(a) 1781.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1793.
(d) 1788.

3. According to Kant's reply to religious arguments, what is not a predicate?
(a) Existence.
(b) God.
(c) Self.
(d) Perfection.

4. From which critique did Kant's fundamental political right come from?
(a) Critique of pure reasoning.
(b) Critique of political systems.
(c) Critique of judgment.
(d) Critique of practical reasoning.

5. When did Kant publish "Prolegomena to any Future metaphysic which shall lay Claim to being a Science"?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1790.
(c) 1783.
(d) 1776.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Kant believe the fundamental political right is?

3. According to Kant, what does it mean to act in accordance with one's desires?

4. Whose philosophies did Kant revive in the distinction between practical and theoretical knowledge?

5. What was Kant's basic political belief?

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