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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. Hume says impressions are divided into what?
(a) Pride and passions.
(b) Sensation and reflexion.
(c) Ideas and words.
(d) Love and hate.

2. With what does the first truth in Hume's fork principle deal?
(a) Truth in science.
(b) Religious concepts.
(c) English grammar rules.
(d) True statements in mathematics.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hume's third tool of philosophical inquiry?

2. Which is the following is the best definition of the razor principle?

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

4. What is the name of the system used to prove the existence of God?

5. From where does a human's substantive knowledge come?

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