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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. How does Hume's idea of cause and effect differ from the conventional point of view that states they are features of the world?
(a) They are features of people.
(b) They are features of metaphysics.
(c) They are features of luck.
(d) They are features of the mind.

2. What does Hume believe humans generate instead of observing causes?
(a) Sympathy about causes.
(b) Judgements about causes.
(c) Beliefs about causes.
(d) Morals about causes.

3. Which of the following is unreliable in terms of perceiving things?
(a) Reason.
(b) Objects.
(c) Senses.
(d) Imagination.

4. What kind of image does Hume say will be presented if one wheels around a burning coal with rapidity?
(a) Whatever your imagination allows.
(b) A reddish orange blur.
(c) A circle of fire.
(d) A burning pole.

5. Which of the following best defines empiricism?
(a) The government should have control over our lives.
(b) Our knowledge of the world comes enitirely through experience.
(c) Our knowledge of the world comes entirely from our parents.
(d) Our morals are not truly our own thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

1. The second truth in Hume's fork principle deals with what?

2. Hume says everyone can feel the difference between what?

3. Why does Hume see pride as an agreeable impression?

4. What is Hume's third tool of philosophical inquiry?

5. How does Hume define responsive passions?

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