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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. To what does distinguishing between perception and reality often lead?
(a) A metaphysical position.
(b) Counterintuitive positions.
(c) Misguided theories.
(d) Lopsided theories.

2. Hume says complex ideas are divided into what?
(a) Solar, molar and code.
(b) Passions, prides and prejudices.
(c) Time, place and distance.
(d) Relations, modes and substances.

3. What is the title of Book one, Part Three?
(a) Injustice Versus Justice.
(b) Of Knowledge and Probability.
(c) Of Space and Time.
(d) Morals of the World.

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

5. What two cities does Hume use in his example of why it is difficult to form accurate impressions?
(a) New Jerusalem and Paris.
(b) Glasgow and Liverpool.
(c) London and Edinborough.
(d) Moscow and Prague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hume claim is a fictitious denomination?

2. Which of the following was also a British empiricist?

3. What does Hume say is the only thing he finds when he looks inside himself?

4. Hume tells the reader to fix his eye on what kind of spot?

5. Which idea comes in for extended analysis in Book One, Part Three?

(see the answer key)

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