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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best fits Hume's idea of perception?
(a) What we see is our reality.
(b) We all shape our own reality.
(c) All objects are mere perceptions and have no reality.
(d) No objects are real if we can see them.

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

3. What fruit does Hume use as an example to show our inability to form a just idea without testing it first?
(a) A peach.
(b) An orange.
(c) A banana.
(d) A pineapple.

4. Which is the following is the best definition of the razor principle?
(a) If no term can be sliced into many parts, it can't be understood by a human mind.
(b) If no term can be proven to come from another idea, it has no meaning.
(c) If no term can be balanced into equal parts, it's worthless.
(d) If no term can be imagined by the mind, it can never be fact.

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

6. What does Hume believe humans generate instead of observing causes?
(a) Morals about causes.
(b) Judgements about causes.
(c) Beliefs about causes.
(d) Sympathy about causes.

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

8. How does Hume define intuition?
(a) Seeing the relation.
(b) Recalling past events.
(c) Imagining what will happen.
(d) Seeing the future.

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

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

11. The second truth in Hume's fork principle deals with what?
(a) Morals.
(b) Judgements.
(c) Matters of fact.
(d) Matters of principle.

12. What does imagination do with simple ideas once it has separated them?
(a) Introduces complex ideas.
(b) Disposes of them.
(c) Adds color and light.
(d) Puts them in any order it pleases.

13. What is the name of the system used to prove the existence of God?
(a) Theology.
(b) Christian science.
(c) Metaphysics.
(d) Astrology.

14. What two cities does Hume use in his example of why it is difficult to form accurate impressions?
(a) London and Edinborough.
(b) Glasgow and Liverpool.
(c) Moscow and Prague.
(d) New Jerusalem and Paris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hume thinks it is pointless to wonder about the existence of what?

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

3. What does Hume say helps us produce belief?

4. How does Hume define responsive passions?

5. Which of the following best defines empiricism?

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