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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. Hume argues that reason is the slave of what?
(a) Society.
(b) The passions.
(c) The emotions.
(d) The will.

2. What is Hume's first tool of philosophical inquiry?
(a) The robin.
(b) The spoon.
(c) The knife.
(d) The microscope.

3. When does Hume say self-interested motives can be taken to be virtuous?
(a) When they are connected to artificial virtue.
(b) When they are connected with vice.
(c) When they are connected with death.
(d) When they are connected with natural instincts.

4. What does Hume say was enough to regulate humans in their tribes?
(a) Sensibility.
(b) Natural sentiment.
(c) Natural virtue.
(d) Social order.

5. What is Hume's third tool of philosophical inquiry?
(a) The map.
(b) The fork.
(c) The knife.
(d) The spoon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hume say is a disagreeable impression?

3. What is the title of Book Two, Part Two?

4. Which of the following is the best description of the microscope inquiry?

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

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