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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 object does Hume say is sufficient enough to give him the idea of extension?
(a) The table.
(b) The chair.
(c) The cabinet.
(d) The bath.

2. Which of the following is the best description of the microscope inquiry?
(a) To understand something we must take a step back and look at it.
(b) To understand something we must break it down into smaller parts.
(c) To understand something we must get to its core.
(d) To understand something we must make it bigger.

3. What kind of soul does Hume believe does not exist?
(a) The immaterial soul.
(b) The sincere soul.
(c) The material soul.
(d) The frank soul.

4. What does Hume say none of his three motives of human nature are sufficient enough to produce?
(a) Morals.
(b) Disorder.
(c) Justice.
(d) Order.

5. How does Hume define passions?
(a) Immediate sensations of your internal states.
(b) Complex ideas of love and hate.
(c) Simple ideas evolving across time into simpler ones.
(d) Slow movements in your external world.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Book One cover regarding human nature?

4. From where does Hume say facts come?

5. For what does Hume think people mistake their perceptions?

(see the answer key)

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