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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 3, Of the Will and Direct Passions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what two general classes do relations come?
(a) Razor and fork.
(b) Mirror and microscope.
(c) Resemblance and contrariety.
(d) Mental and imagination.

2. What is the title of Book one, Part Three?
(a) Of Space and Time.
(b) Injustice Versus Justice.
(c) Of Knowledge and Probability.
(d) Morals of the World.

3. Which of the following does Hume say can't cause the will to act?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Love.
(d) Reason.

4. Hume tells the reader to fix his eye on what kind of spot?
(a) A dirt spot.
(b) An ink spot.
(c) A black spot.
(d) A lead spot.

5. What does Hume say would happen if you denied the existence of the 19th man of a group of twenty?
(a) The twentieth man would not exist.
(b) None of the men in the group would exist.
(c) People would fall in love.
(d) There would be much immoral behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hume say is the only thing senses give us?

2. What direct passions do natural instincts produce?

3. How does Hume define responsive passions?

4. Why does Hume say that neither ideas nor impressions are infinitely divisible?

5. What two things does Hume say can't produce beliefs?

(see the answer key)

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