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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. What does Hume identify as the second philosophical relation?
(a) Identity.
(b) Space and time.
(c) Resemblance.
(d) Quality.

2. What kind of philosophers does Hume claim are confused themselves?
(a) Ones who live and work on their own.
(b) Ones who think but don't do.
(c) Ones who think they have impressions about themselves.
(d) Ones who don't look beyond themselves.

3. Hume say the human mind resolves itself into what distinct kinds ?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Impressions and ideas.
(c) Pride and prejudice.
(d) Images and words.

4. Which of the following is the best description of the microscope inquiry?
(a) To understand something we must get to its core.
(b) To understand something we must make it bigger.
(c) To understand something we must take a step back and look at it.
(d) To understand something we must break it down into smaller parts.

5. How does Hume define intuition?
(a) Imagining what will happen.
(b) Seeing the future.
(c) Recalling past events.
(d) Seeing the relation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hume says causation allows us to do which is vital for our survival?

2. Which of the following best defines empiricism?

3. Hume says every simple impression is attended with what?

4. What fruit does Hume use as an example to show our inability to form a just idea without testing it first?

5. What system does Hume say is absurd?

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