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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 2, Of The Ideas of Space and Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hume claim is a fictitious denomination?
(a) The idea of justice.
(b) The idea of unity.
(c) The idea of love.
(d) The idea of morals.

2. What does Hume says causation allows us to do which is vital for our survival?
(a) Fall in love.
(b) Recall past events.
(c) Make predictions.
(d) Believe in a deity.

3. How does Hume's idea of cause and effect differ from the conventional point of view that states they are features of the world?
(a) They are features of the mind.
(b) They are features of luck.
(c) They are features of metaphysics.
(d) They are features of people.

4. Under what two general classes do relations come?
(a) Razor and fork.
(b) Resemblance and contrariety.
(c) Mental and imagination.
(d) Mirror and microscope.

5. What fruit does Hume use as an example to show our inability to form a just idea without testing it first?
(a) An orange.
(b) A peach.
(c) A banana.
(d) A pineapple.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hume say takes precedence over ideas?

2. What does Hume believe humans generate instead of observing causes?

3. What kind of image does Hume say will be presented if one wheels around a burning coal with rapidity?

4. What does Hume say would happen if you denied the existence of the 19th man of a group of twenty?

5. What does Hume say is limited?

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