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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Hume say we have a false sensation?
(a) Caused choice.
(b) Sub-emotion.
(c) Uncaused choice.
(d) Underlying emotion.

2. What do individuals develop after some social evolution?
(a) Family values.
(b) A sense of justice.
(c) Self-interest.
(d) Moral sentiment.

3. What virtue does Hume claim is needed to maintain the family unit?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Love.
(d) Loyalty.

4. What connects our passions to our judgements about others?
(a) Hate.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Love.
(d) Friendship.

5. According to Hume, which of the following is a motive built into human nature?
(a) General benevolence.
(b) General sympathy.
(c) Personability.
(d) Self-interest.

6. Which of the following does Hume suggest is the true origin of morals?
(a) Justice.
(b) A subjective viewpoint.
(c) Social order.
(d) A general viewpoint.

7. What kind of passion does Hume say is a mistake to confuse as reason?
(a) Extreme passions.
(b) Violent passions.
(c) Fun passions.
(d) Calm passions.

8. What does Hume say are the only two things we have in our minds?
(a) Ideas and impressions.
(b) Love and hate.
(c) Vice and virtues.
(d) Judgements and non-judgements.

9. What is the title of Book Two, Part Three?
(a) Of Love and Hate.
(b) Of Justice and Morality.
(c) Of Free Will and Indirect Passion.
(d) Of the Will and Direct Passions.

10. When does one feel the impression of volition?
(a) Whenever one desires company.
(b) Whenever one desires good.
(c) Whenever one desires hate.
(d) Whenever one desires love.

11. What does Hume think a proper understanding of the will help us to understand?
(a) Free will.
(b) Love.
(c) The passions.
(d) Death.

12. Hume says the will is an impression of what?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Free will.
(c) Volition.
(d) Benevolence.

13. Who does Hume say must be bound to family in order for it to work?
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) Servants.
(d) Children.

14. Why does Hume say we admire the rich and the powerful?
(a) They are more confident.
(b) They possess what we affirm as valuable.
(c) They use their natural instincts.
(d) They possess better judgement.

15. What does religion argue about free will?
(a) One can't go to heaven without free will.
(b) One can't believe in God without free will.
(c) One can't fall in love without free will.
(d) One can't be moral without free will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hume say we can direct onto others?

2. Which of the following does Hume state is an artificial virtue?

3. What can one not derive an ought from?

4. Of what does virtue give us the impression?

5. What kind of virtues does Part Two examine?

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