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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. For what does Hume think people mistake their perceptions?
(a) Feeliing.
(b) Love.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Reality.

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

3. By what does Hume say cousins are connected?
(a) Family.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Fate.
(d) Causation.

4. What object does Hume say is sufficient enough to give him the idea of extension?
(a) The bath.
(b) The table.
(c) The chair.
(d) The cabinet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is an abstract concept?

2. In what does Hume say he finds it difficult to put faith?

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

4. What does Hume say helps us produce belief?

5. Hume thinks it is pointless to wonder about the existence of what?

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