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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 is the title of Book Two, Part Two?
(a) Of Love and Hatred.
(b) Of Laughter.
(c) Of Passioned Senses.
(d) Of Sympathy.

2. What virtue allows humans to be governed?
(a) Politeness.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Sympathy.

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

4. What is the title of Book Two, Part Three?
(a) Of Free Will and Indirect Passion.
(b) Of the Will and Direct Passions.
(c) Of Justice and Morality.
(d) Of Love and Hate.

5. What does Hume claim should not be arrived at instinctively?
(a) Matters of fact.
(b) Matters of religion.
(c) Matters of science.
(d) Matters of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What approach does Hume bring to morality?

2. What passion does Hume say malice is like?

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

4. What does Hume say societies need to defend themselves against attack?

5. What kind of point of view does sympathy allow us to take?

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