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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hume argues that reason is the slave of what?
(a) Society.
(b) The will.
(c) The emotions.
(d) The passions.

2. What is Hume's second tool of philosophical inquiry?
(a) The map.
(b) The fork.
(c) The knife.
(d) The microscope.

3. What is the title of Book Two, Part Two?
(a) Of Love and Hatred.
(b) Of Sympathy.
(c) Of Passioned Senses.
(d) Of Laughter.

4. Which of the following can cause either pride or humility?
(a) Power.
(b) Death.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Wealth.

5. In what does Hume say he finds it difficult to put faith?
(a) Imagination.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) The external world.
(d) The internal world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hume thinks it is pointless to wonder about the existence of what?

2. Which of the following best defines empiricism?

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

4. What does Hume identify as the second philosophical relation?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between reflexion and sensation impressions?

2. What is contiguity within the context of cause and effect?

3. Why does Hume reject the idea of an immaterial soul?

4. What is the difference between responsive and productive passions?

5. How does Hume claim the mind perceives time?

6. How does Hume claim the mind perceives space?

7. What are Dr. Clarke's views on cause and effect?

8. How does Hume define malice, envy and respect?

9. What does Hume think are the two ways objects can exist?

10. Of what does Hume claim a substance is made up?

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