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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 2, Of Justice and Injustice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of people does Hume say don't understand justice?
(a) People with mental illness.
(b) Morally corrupt people.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Morally primitive people.

2. How does Hume define anger?
(a) The desire to be alone.
(b) The desire to cause pain to someone you hate.
(c) The desire to be self-destructive.
(d) The need to scream and shout at the nearest object.

3. Why do we love people we know more than strangers?
(a) They resemble us.
(b) It is easier to talk to them.
(c) They understand us.
(d) They don't judge us.

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

5. What does Hume want to know about individuals in this section?
(a) Why they feel hate.
(b) How they fall in love.
(c) How they make moral distinctions.
(d) How they learn to socialize.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book Two, Part Two?

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

3. Hume says the will is an impression of what?

4. Which of the following is another term used for passions?

5. To what does Hume say virtue is tied?

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