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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 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) There would be much immoral behavior.
(c) People would fall in love.
(d) The twentieth man would not exist.

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

3. What does Hume identify as the second philosophical relation?
(a) Space and time.
(b) Quality.
(c) Resemblance.
(d) Identity.

4. Why does Hume think it is impossible to believe in a God?
(a) Religion is too strict.
(b) Religion does not allow for natural thought.
(c) People have no direct impression of Him.
(d) There are too many different Gods.

5. Into what does Hume divide knowledge?
(a) Pride and prejudice.
(b) Definitions and observations.
(c) Vice and virtue.
(d) Passions and reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes Hume's fork principle?

2. What is Hume's first tool of philosophical inquiry?

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

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

5. What does Hume claim is a fictitious denomination?

(see the answer key)

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