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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix, An Abstract of a Book Lately Published, Entitled A Treatise of Human Nature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Hume say self-interested motives can be taken to be virtuous?
(a) When they are connected to artificial virtue.
(b) When they are connected with vice.
(c) When they are connected with death.
(d) When they are connected with natural instincts.

2. What does Hume say was enough to regulate humans in their tribes?
(a) Natural sentiment.
(b) Natural virtue.
(c) Social order.
(d) Sensibility.

3. Why does Hume think humans, unlike other animals, cannot satisfy their needs from nature alone?
(a) They can't live in a primitive state.
(b) They have to live in an isolated space.
(c) They have an active mind and need to discover new things.
(d) They have more desires than they have means to meet them.

4. Which of the following is an abstract concept?
(a) God.
(b) Man.
(c) A chair.
(d) Facebook.

5. What does Hume say societies need to defend themselves against attack?
(a) A common love.
(b) Common loyalty.
(c) A common anger.
(d) A common goal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hume say we admire the rich and the powerful?

2. What doctrine does Hume say he is rejecting regarding the will?

3. What does Hume say conceals the rest of the person's body that he sees?

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

5. Which of the following does Hume suggest is the true origin of morals?

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