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

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

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

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

5. Which idea comes in for extended analysis in Book One, Part Three?
(a) Morals.
(b) Passions.
(c) Causation.
(d) Love and hate.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does distinguishing between perception and reality often lead?

2. What does Book Two cover regarding human nature?

3. What idea does Hume claim is intelligible?

4. Why does Hume say that neither ideas nor impressions are infinitely divisible?

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

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