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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 2, Of Justice and Injustice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what two types does Hume divide direct passions?
(a) Those which we understand and thosewhich we misunderstand.
(b) Those which respond to hate and those which respond to love.
(c) Those which are comfortable and those which are uncomfortable.
(d) Those which respond to pain and those which are natural instincts.

2. Which of the following is unreliable in terms of perceiving things?
(a) Objects.
(b) Senses.
(c) Reason.
(d) Imagination.

3. 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.

4. Hume tells the reader to fix his eye on what kind of spot?
(a) A black spot.
(b) A dirt spot.
(c) A lead spot.
(d) An ink spot.

5. What is Hume's first tool of philosophical inquiry?
(a) The microscope.
(b) The robin.
(c) The spoon.
(d) The knife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hume says impressions are divided into what?

3. Which of the following is an artificial virtue?

4. Which of the following passions does Hume call an emotion?

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

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