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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 3, Of the Other Virtues and Vices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hume say we admire the rich and the powerful?
(a) They use their natural instincts.
(b) They possess what we affirm as valuable.
(c) They are more confident.
(d) They possess better judgement.

2. What does Hume say was enough to regulate humans in their tribes?
(a) Social order.
(b) Sensibility.
(c) Natural virtue.
(d) Natural sentiment.

3. What do moral judgments intrinsically motivate?
(a) Vice.
(b) Enthusiasm.
(c) Action.
(d) Artifical pain.

4. What passion does Hume say malice is like?
(a) Envy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Pity.
(d) Hate.

5. From where does a human's substantive knowledge come?
(a) Society.
(b) Religion.
(c) Human passion.
(d) Human senses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hume use his razor theory to devalue?

3. How does Hume's idea of cause and effect differ from the conventional point of view that states they are features of the world?

4. What does Hume say is a disagreeable impression?

5. What two cities does Hume use in his example of why it is difficult to form accurate impressions?

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