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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 2, Of Justice and Injustice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hume, which of the following is a motive built into human nature?
(a) Personability.
(b) Self-interest.
(c) General sympathy.
(d) General benevolence.

2. How does Hume define anger?
(a) The desire to be self-destructive.
(b) The desire to cause pain to someone you hate.
(c) The desire to be alone.
(d) The need to scream and shout at the nearest object.

3. What is the name of the system used to prove the existence of God?
(a) Astrology.
(b) Theology.
(c) Metaphysics.
(d) Christian science.

4. What is the title of Book Two, Part Three?
(a) Of Free Will and Indirect Passion.
(b) Of the Will and Direct Passions.
(c) Of Justice and Morality.
(d) Of Love and Hate.

5. Why does Hume think humans, unlike other animals, cannot satisfy their needs from nature alone?
(a) They can't live in a primitive state.
(b) They have to live in an isolated space.
(c) They have an active mind and need to discover new things.
(d) They have more desires than they have means to meet them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hume define respect?

2. What does Hume say we can direct onto others?

3. Which is the following is the best definition of the razor principle?

4. From where does Hume say we derive our feelings of love and hate?

5. What is Hume's first tool of philosophical inquiry?

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