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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 1, Of Pride and Humility.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hume says impressions are divided into what?
(a) Ideas and words.
(b) Sensation and reflexion.
(c) Pride and passions.
(d) Love and hate.

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

3. Hume says every simple impression is attended with what?
(a) A correspondent word.
(b) A correspondent sentence.
(c) A correspondent title.
(d) A correspondent idea.

4. What does Hume say is the only thing he finds when he looks inside himself?
(a) Perception.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hate.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does the first truth in Hume's fork principle deal?

2. What does Hume say helps us produce belief?

3. Which of the following best defines empiricism?

4. From where does a human's substantive knowledge come?

5. What does Hume say is stronger than imagination?

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