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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 4, On the Sceptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hume says complex ideas are divided into what?
(a) Time, place and distance.
(b) Passions, prides and prejudices.
(c) Relations, modes and substances.
(d) Solar, molar and code.

2. What system does Hume say is absurd?
(a) The mathematical points system.
(b) The English grammar system.
(c) The German grammar system.
(d) The chemistry point system.

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

4. What idea does Hume claim is intelligible?
(a) Perception.
(b) Insanity
(c) Immateriality.
(d) Love.

5. What does imagination do with simple ideas once it has separated them?
(a) Disposes of them.
(b) Adds color and light.
(c) Introduces complex ideas.
(d) Puts them in any order it pleases.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best fits Hume's idea of perception?

2. What kind of philosophers does Hume claim are confused themselves?

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

4. Which of the following is an abstract concept?

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

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