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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Of what does vice give us the impression?
(a) Hate.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Pain.
(d) Love.
2. What kind of people does Hume say we admire?
(a) People with high morals.
(b) The rich and powerful.
(c) People who understand the world.
(d) Popular people.
3. By what does Hume say all human action is determined?
(a) Impressions.
(b) Perception.
(c) Morals.
(d) Love.
4. What do defenders of free will believe about the will?
(a) It can control our emotions.
(b) It can help us to think clearly.
(c) It gives us our morals.
(d) It can choose without influence of cause.
5. Why do we love people we know more than strangers?
(a) They understand us.
(b) They don't judge us.
(c) It is easier to talk to them.
(d) They resemble us.
6. How does Hume define anger?
(a) The need to scream and shout at the nearest object.
(b) The desire to be alone.
(c) The desire to be self-destructive.
(d) The desire to cause pain to someone you hate.
7. Which virtues does Hume say are culturally evolved?
(a) Judgemental virtues.
(b) Natural virtues.
(c) Artificial virtues.
(d) Vulgar virtues.
8. When does Hume say self-interested motives can be taken to be virtuous?
(a) When they are connected with vice.
(b) When they are connected to artificial virtue.
(c) When they are connected with natural instincts.
(d) When they are connected with death.
9. What best describes Hume's conception of the will?
(a) An intrinsic force.
(b) A power.
(c) A feeling.
(d) An extrinsic force.
10. Which of the following does Hume say can't cause the will to act?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Love.
(d) Reason.
11. What kind of point of view does sympathy allow us to take?
(a) An individual point of view.
(b) A general point of view.
(c) A subjective point of view.
(d) A personable point of view.
12. Why does Hume reject all other moral theories?
(a) The cannot explain society.
(b) They cannot explain people.
(c) They cannot explain life.
(d) They cannot explain obligation.
13. When does one feel the impression of volition?
(a) Whenever one desires hate.
(b) Whenever one desires love.
(c) Whenever one desires good.
(d) Whenever one desires company.
14. Why do individuals want to fake the practice of virtue?
(a) They want to be accepted by God.
(b) They want to fit into society.
(c) They want to make friends.
(d) The want moral approval.
15. What does Hume say is the opposite of respect?
(a) Malice.
(b) Benevolence.
(c) Envy.
(d) Contempt.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is a quality that gives rise to moral sentiment?
2. What do moral judgments intrinsically motivate?
3. What virtue does Hume claim is needed to maintain the family unit?
4. What is benevolence?
5. What can one not derive an ought from?
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