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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 does Hume say we can direct onto others?
(a) Hate.
(b) Passions.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Love.

2. Why does Hume see pride as an agreeable impression?
(a) It gives us feelings of security.
(b) It makes us feel satisfied.
(c) It hides our faults.
(d) It allows us to love others.

3. What does Hume say will is instead of a power?
(a) A euphoric state.
(b) A religious state.
(c) A passion.
(d) A faculty.

4. What does imagination do with simple ideas once it has separated them?
(a) Disposes of them.
(b) Puts them in any order it pleases.
(c) Adds color and light.
(d) Introduces complex ideas.

5. What can one not derive an ought from?
(a) A what.
(b) An is.
(c) A not.
(d) An and.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was also a British empiricist?

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

3. Which of the following best fits Hume's idea of perception?

4. Hume says religious people focus on what?

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

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