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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. Which French philosopher does Hume reference in this section?
(a) Camus.
(b) Malezieu.
(c) Sartre.
(d) Rimbaud.

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

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

4. How does Hume define productive passions?
(a) As those that produce mental stimulants.
(b) As those that produce images.
(c) As those that produce feelings of numbness.
(d) As those that produce pleasure and pain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hume define intuition?

2. What two things does Hume say can't produce beliefs?

3. Which of the following best describes Hume's idea of a definition?

4. What object does Hume say is sufficient enough to give him the idea of extension?

5. What does Hume say is limited?

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