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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. Which of the following best describes Hume's idea of a definition?
(a) Something we have been told as children and have grown to believe.
(b) Something that is formed from our own ideas.
(c) Something that comes from the universal truth.
(d) Something that is trivially true.

2. What does Hume believe humans generate instead of observing causes?
(a) Judgements about causes.
(b) Sympathy about causes.
(c) Beliefs about causes.
(d) Morals about causes.

3. What does Hume says causation allows us to do which is vital for our survival?
(a) Believe in a deity.
(b) Recall past events.
(c) Fall in love.
(d) Make predictions.

4. 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.

5. How does Hume define intuition?
(a) Imagining what will happen.
(b) Recalling past events.
(c) Seeing the future.
(d) Seeing the relation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hume tells the reader to fix his eye on what kind of spot?

3. What does Hume say could be the condition of a man who is insensitive to time?

4. Which French philosopher does Hume reference in this section?

5. Hume says every simple impression is attended with what?

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