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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. From where does Hume say facts come?
(a) The government.
(b) Experience.
(c) History.
(d) The imagination.

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

3. What does Hume say is stronger than imagination?
(a) Reality.
(b) Love.
(c) Memory.
(d) Passions.

4. What is the name of the system used to prove the existence of God?
(a) Astrology.
(b) Christian science.
(c) Metaphysics.
(d) Theology.

5. What is Hume's first tool of philosophical inquiry?
(a) The knife.
(b) The microscope.
(c) The robin.
(d) The spoon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hume claim should not be arrived at instinctively?

3. Hume say the human mind resolves itself into what distinct kinds ?

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

5. Which French philosopher does Hume reference in this section?

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