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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 2, Of The Ideas of Space and Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what does Hume say cousins are connected?
(a) Causation.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Family.
(d) Fate.

2. What does Hume say is the chief exercise of the memory?
(a) To ignite the imagination.
(b) To find the essence of an idea.
(c) To confound critics.
(d) To put simple ideas in order.

3. Hume says everyone can feel the difference between what?
(a) Feeling and thinking.
(b) Impressions and ideas.
(c) Images and words.
(d) Women and men.

4. Hume says impressions are divided into what?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Pride and passions.
(c) Ideas and words.
(d) Sensation and reflexion.

5. Hume say the human mind resolves itself into what distinct kinds ?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Images and words.
(c) Pride and prejudice.
(d) Impressions and ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What system does Hume say is absurd?

2. What fruit does Hume use as an example to show our inability to form a just idea without testing it first?

3. Which of the following best describes Hume's idea of a definition?

4. Under what two general classes do relations come?

5. From where does Hume say sensation arises?

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