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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hume's third tool of philosophical inquiry?
(a) The fork.
(b) The map.
(c) The knife.
(d) The spoon.

2. Why does Hume think it is impossible to believe in a God?
(a) Religion does not allow for natural thought.
(b) Religion is too strict.
(c) People have no direct impression of Him.
(d) There are too many different Gods.

3. What is the title of Book Two, Part Two?
(a) Of Love and Hatred.
(b) Of Passioned Senses.
(c) Of Laughter.
(d) Of Sympathy.

4. What does Book One cover regarding human nature?
(a) Sympathies.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Passions.
(d) Knowledge.

5. What does Hume claim is a fictitious denomination?
(a) The idea of justice.
(b) The idea of morals.
(c) The idea of unity.
(d) The idea of love.

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

7. Hume say the human mind resolves itself into what distinct kinds ?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Images and words.
(c) Impressions and ideas.
(d) Pride and prejudice.

8. What does Hume say is the only thing he finds when he looks inside himself?
(a) Love.
(b) Perception.
(c) Hate.
(d) Fear.

9. Into what does Hume divide knowledge?
(a) Passions and reason.
(b) Vice and virtue.
(c) Pride and prejudice.
(d) Definitions and observations.

10. By what does Hume say cousins are connected?
(a) Fate.
(b) Causation.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Family.

11. How does Hume define productive passions?
(a) As those that produce images.
(b) As those that produce mental stimulants.
(c) As those that produce feelings of numbness.
(d) As those that produce pleasure and pain.

12. What does Hume say helps us produce belief?
(a) The internal world.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Imagination.
(d) The external world.

13. Which French philosopher does Hume reference in this section?
(a) Camus.
(b) Malezieu.
(c) Rimbaud.
(d) Sartre.

14. What is Hume's second tool of philosophical inquiry?
(a) The knife.
(b) The fork.
(c) The microscope.
(d) The map.

15. Hume says every simple impression is attended with what?
(a) A correspondent idea.
(b) A correspondent sentence.
(c) A correspondent word.
(d) A correspondent title.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Hume say is sufficient enough to give him the idea of extension?

2. Hume says complex ideas are divided into what?

3. The second truth in Hume's fork principle deals with what?

4. To what does distinguishing between perception and reality often lead?

5. What is the title of Book one, Part Three?

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