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

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

3. From where does Hume say sensation arises?
(a) The spirit.
(b) The eyes.
(c) The soul.
(d) The stomach.

4. 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 natural instincts.
(c) When they are connected with death.
(d) When they are connected with vice.

5. How does Hume define respect?
(a) Feelings of deep envy towards another person.
(b) Loving someone you want to be and perhaps could be.
(c) Feelings of love and humility towards another person.
(d) Listening to someone you don't like.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hume say is limited?

3. Which of the following is a quality that gives rise to moral sentiment?

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

5. What does Hume say justice must be to motivate us?

(see the answer key)

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