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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 could be the condition of a man who is insensitive to time?
(a) Asleep.
(b) Dead.
(c) In a coma.
(d) In the middle of a seizure.

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

3. Hume tells the reader to fix his eye on what kind of spot?
(a) A lead spot.
(b) An ink spot.
(c) A black spot.
(d) A dirt spot.

4. Which idea comes in for extended analysis in Book One, Part Three?
(a) Morals.
(b) Causation.
(c) Love and hate.
(d) Passions.

5. Which French philosopher does Hume reference in this section?
(a) Sartre.
(b) Rimbaud.
(c) Camus.
(d) Malezieu.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hume say is limited?

3. Under what two general classes do relations come?

4. What is the title of Book one, Part Three?

5. What fruit does Hume use as an example to show our inability to form a just idea without testing it first?

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