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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. What does Hume use his razor theory to devalue?
(a) Abstract concepts.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Reason.
(d) The imagination.

2. From where does Hume say sensation arises?
(a) The soul.
(b) The stomach.
(c) The spirit.
(d) The eyes.

3. What does Hume say is a disagreeable impression?
(a) Hate.
(b) Humility.
(c) Death.
(d) Pride.

4. 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 luck.
(b) They are features of people.
(c) They are features of the mind.
(d) They are features of metaphysics.

5. What does Hume say impression does not tell us?
(a) Nothing exists.
(b) There isn't an internal world.
(c) There isn't an external world.
(d) We are alive only in our minds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which idea comes in for extended analysis in Book One, Part Three?

2. What does Hume say is the only thing that can make uncaused choices?

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

4. Why does Hume think it is impossible to believe in a God?

5. What idea does Hume claim is intelligible?

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