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

2. What does Hume say is the only thing he finds when he looks inside himself?
(a) Hate.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Perception.

3. Which of the following best describes Hume's fork principle?
(a) A truth has four parts.
(b) Life has two roads.
(c) A truth can be split into two.
(d) We can either live in right or wrong.

4. What does Hume say is the chief exercise of the memory?
(a) To put simple ideas in order.
(b) To ignite the imagination.
(c) To confound critics.
(d) To find the essence of an idea.

5. Why does Hume think the immaterial soul does not exist?
(a) It is not divisable.
(b) There is no God and soul is connected to Him.
(c) It has been mathematically proven that it doesn't exist.
(d) We have no sensory impression of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hume say that neither ideas nor impressions are infinitely divisible?

2. How does Hume define demonstration?

3. From where does Hume say facts come?

4. Hume says complex ideas are divided into what?

5. Hume says everyone can feel the difference between what?

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