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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 virtue does Hume claim is needed to maintain the family unit?
(a) Chastity.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Love.

2. What kind of image does Hume say will be presented if one wheels around a burning coal with rapidity?
(a) A burning pole.
(b) Whatever your imagination allows.
(c) A reddish orange blur.
(d) A circle of fire.

3. How does Hume define responsive passions?
(a) As those that react to sympathy.
(b) As those that react to feelings of love.
(c) As those that react to the external world.
(d) As those that react to productive passions.

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

5. What does Hume believe humans generate instead of observing causes?
(a) Sympathy about causes.
(b) Beliefs about causes.
(c) Judgements about causes.
(d) Morals about causes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is a disposition involved with the passions?

3. What does Hume say none of his three motives of human nature are sufficient enough to produce?

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

5. What does Hume claim is a fictitious denomination?

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