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

2. Hume says impressions are divided into what?
(a) Pride and passions.
(b) Love and hate.
(c) Sensation and reflexion.
(d) Ideas and words.

3. 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 pineapple.
(c) A banana.
(d) A peach.

4. What does Hume say would happen if you denied the existence of the 19th man of a group of twenty?
(a) The twentieth man would not exist.
(b) People would fall in love.
(c) None of the men in the group would exist.
(d) There would be much immoral behavior.

5. From where does Hume say sensation arises?
(a) The soul.
(b) The stomach.
(c) The spirit.
(d) The eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hume say is the chief exercise of the memory?

2. What does Hume identify as the second philosophical relation?

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

4. Which of the following best describes Hume's idea of a definition?

5. From where does a human's substantive knowledge come?

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