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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 the only thing that can cause us to act?
(a) Identity.
(b) Reason.
(c) Experience.
(d) Passions.

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

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

4. What does Hume say takes precedence over ideas?
(a) Reason.
(b) Words.
(c) Impressions.
(d) Passions.

5. What kind of virtues does Part Two examine?
(a) Artificial virtues.
(b) Moral distinctions.
(c) Natural virtues.
(d) Superficial virtues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hume think the immaterial soul does not exist?

2. What approach does Hume bring to morality?

3. Why does Hume say that neither ideas nor impressions are infinitely divisible?

4. On what does Hume consider moral distinctions are based in this section?

5. What connects our passions to our judgements about others?

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