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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 3, Of Knowledge and Probability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does imagination do with simple ideas once it has separated them?
(a) Introduces complex ideas.
(b) Puts them in any order it pleases.
(c) Adds color and light.
(d) Disposes of them.

2. What system does Hume say is absurd?
(a) The chemistry point system.
(b) The German grammar system.
(c) The mathematical points system.
(d) The English grammar system.

3. From where does a human's substantive knowledge come?
(a) Human passion.
(b) Human senses.
(c) Society.
(d) Religion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what does Hume say cousins are connected?

2. What is the name of the system used to prove the existence of God?

3. What does Hume use his razor theory to devalue?

4. What is Hume's second tool of philosophical inquiry?

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

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