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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 3, Of the Will and Direct Passions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following best fits Hume's idea of perception?
(a) No objects are real if we can see them.
(b) What we see is our reality.
(c) We all shape our own reality.
(d) All objects are mere perceptions and have no reality.

3. What doctrine does Hume say he is rejecting regarding the will?
(a) Hate will.
(b) The will of all men.
(c) Good will.
(d) Free will.

4. Which idea comes in for extended analysis in Book One, Part Three?
(a) Morals.
(b) Passions.
(c) Causation.
(d) Love and hate.

5. What is the title of Book Three, Part One?
(a) Of Direct Passions.
(b) Of Indirect Passions.
(c) Of Love and Hate.
(d) Of Virtue and Vice in General.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hume define passions?

2. What does Hume claim is a fictitious denomination?

3. How does Hume define demonstration?

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

5. In what does Hume say he finds it difficult to put faith?

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