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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Background of Kant's Thought.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the university Kant attended?
(a) Uniersity of Paris.
(b) University of Koenigsberg.
(c) University of New York.
(d) University of Amsterdam.

2. Why was Kant's system revolutionary?
(a) It asserted the existence of synthetic a posteriori truths.
(b) It asserted the existence of analytic a priori truths.
(c) It asserted the existence of analytic a posteriori truths.
(d) It asserted the existence of synthetic a priori truths.

3. What type of truth is "Fido has brown spots"?
(a) A posteriori.
(b) Analytic.
(c) A priori.
(d) Synthetic.

4. What did "Critique of Practical Reason" deal with?
(a) Religion.
(b) Aesthetics.
(c) Logic.
(d) Ethics.

5. What is the problem with Descartes' certain knowledge?
(a) It assumes that breathing warrants thinking.
(b) It assumes that humans think.
(c) It assumes the existence of a self.
(d) It assumes that existence warrants thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite being dedicated to reason, which of the following described Kant?

2. In which groups did "Critique of Pure Reason" cause a stir?

3. What is the category for something considered to be trivially true?

4. Where was Immanuel Kant born?

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

(see the answer key)

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