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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 are the two ways in which Hume says one can exist?
(a) Free of life and imprisoned by life.
(b) Parentally influenced and self-influenced.
(c) Independently of the mind and dependently of the world.
(d) Internally and externally.

2. With what does the first truth in Hume's fork principle deal?
(a) Truth in science.
(b) English grammar rules.
(c) True statements in mathematics.
(d) Religious concepts.

3. What kind of passion does Hume say is a mistake to confuse as reason?
(a) Calm passions.
(b) Extreme passions.
(c) Violent passions.
(d) Fun passions.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hume think the immaterial soul does not exist?

2. What kind of people does Hume say we admire?

3. What is the name of the system used to prove the existence of God?

4. What kind of virtues does Part Two examine?

5. What two things does Hume say can't produce beliefs?

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