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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 3, Of the Other Virtues and Vices.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was required to regulate society once it had evolved into a certain order?
(a) Justice.
(b) Religion.
(c) Morality.
(d) Passion.

2. From where does Hume say sensation arises?
(a) The eyes.
(b) The stomach.
(c) The soul.
(d) The spirit.

3. Into what two types does Hume divide direct passions?
(a) Those which respond to hate and those which respond to love.
(b) Those which we understand and thosewhich we misunderstand.
(c) Those which are comfortable and those which are uncomfortable.
(d) Those which respond to pain and those which are natural instincts.

4. What does Hume say is the only thing that can make uncaused choices?
(a) There is nothing.
(b) Mass society.
(c) Free will.
(d) The soul.

5. Which of the following passions does Hume call an emotion?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Pride.
(c) Hot and cold.
(d) Pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does distinguishing between perception and reality often lead?

2. Hume argues that reason is the slave of what?

3. Hume says the will is an impression of what?

4. Which moral misdeed does Hume use as an example?

5. What is the title of Book one, Part Three?

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