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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 4, On the Sceptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best fits Hume's idea of perception?
(a) What we see is our reality.
(b) No objects are real if we can see them.
(c) All objects are mere perceptions and have no reality.
(d) We all shape our own reality.

2. What does Hume say is limited?
(a) The capacity of the mind.
(b) Family life.
(c) The capacity to feel love.
(d) Social morals.

3. Why does Hume think the immaterial soul does not exist?
(a) There is no God and soul is connected to Him.
(b) It has been mathematically proven that it doesn't exist.
(c) We have no sensory impression of it.
(d) It is not divisable.

4. Hume thinks it is pointless to wonder about the existence of what?
(a) The nuclear family.
(b) The internal world.
(c) The external world and external objects.
(d) The perfect man or woman for ourselves.

5. What kind of soul does Hume believe does not exist?
(a) The sincere soul.
(b) The frank soul.
(c) The material soul.
(d) The immaterial soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hume say is the only thing he finds when he looks inside himself?

2. How does Hume define demonstration?

3. Hume says complex ideas are divided into what?

4. For what does Hume think people mistake their perceptions?

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

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