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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 3, Of Knowledge and Probability.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What two cities does Hume use in his example of why it is difficult to form accurate impressions?
(a) Moscow and Prague.
(b) New Jerusalem and Paris.
(c) Glasgow and Liverpool.
(d) London and Edinborough.

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

4. What does Hume say could be the condition of a man who is insensitive to time?
(a) In a coma.
(b) Asleep.
(c) In the middle of a seizure.
(d) Dead.

5. What fruit does Hume use as an example to show our inability to form a just idea without testing it first?
(a) A banana.
(b) A pineapple.
(c) A peach.
(d) An orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Hume think people mistake their perceptions?

2. What does Hume say takes precedence over ideas?

3. What does Hume claim should not be arrived at instinctively?

4. What does Hume claim is a fictitious denomination?

5. What object does Hume say is sufficient enough to give him the idea of extension?

(see the answer key)

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