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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 say is the chief exercise of the memory?
(a) To ignite the imagination.
(b) To put simple ideas in order.
(c) To confound critics.
(d) To find the essence of an idea.

2. What does Hume say is limited?
(a) Family life.
(b) The capacity of the mind.
(c) The capacity to feel love.
(d) Social morals.

3. How does Hume define demonstration?
(a) Hiding the relation.
(b) Connecting the relation.
(c) Identifying the relation.
(d) Deriving the relation.

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

5. Hume says everyone can feel the difference between what?
(a) Impressions and ideas.
(b) Women and men.
(c) Images and words.
(d) Feeling and thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what does Hume say cousins are connected?

2. What idea does Hume bring in to distinguish between knowledge and probability?

3. What two cities does Hume use in his example of why it is difficult to form accurate impressions?

4. What system does Hume say is absurd?

5. Hume tells the reader to fix his eye on what kind of spot?

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