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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 1, Of Virtue and Vice in General.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hume say is stronger than imagination?
(a) Reality.
(b) Passions.
(c) Love.
(d) Memory.

2. What idea does Hume bring in to distinguish between knowledge and probability?
(a) Philosophical relations.
(b) Justice.
(c) Morals.
(d) Love and hate.

3. Into what two types does Hume divide direct passions?
(a) Those which respond to hate and those which respond to love.
(b) Those which respond to pain and those which are natural instincts.
(c) Those which we understand and thosewhich we misunderstand.
(d) Those which are comfortable and those which are uncomfortable.

4. What idea does Hume claim is intelligible?
(a) Perception.
(b) Insanity
(c) Immateriality.
(d) Love.

5. What is the general title of Book Three?
(a) Of Morals.
(b) Of Humans.
(c) Of Passions.
(d) Of Nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which French philosopher does Hume reference in this section?

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

3. What does Hume say impression does not tell us?

4. What does Hume say are the two types of reason?

5. How does Hume define responsive passions?

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