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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 does Hume list as a natural virtue?
(a) Fidelity.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Humor.
(d) Honesty.

2. What does Hume say societies need to defend themselves against attack?
(a) A common love.
(b) Common loyalty.
(c) A common anger.
(d) A common goal.

3. By what does Hume say all human action is determined?
(a) Morals.
(b) Love.
(c) Perception.
(d) Impressions.

4. What does Hume think a proper understanding of the will help us to understand?
(a) Love.
(b) Death.
(c) Free will.
(d) The passions.

5. What approach does Hume bring to morality?
(a) A rationalistic view.
(b) A rooted view.
(c) A moralistic view.
(d) A passioniate view.

6. Hume says the will is an impression of what?
(a) Volition.
(b) Benevolence.
(c) Free will.
(d) Spirituality.

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

8. What does Hume want to know about individuals in this section?
(a) How they learn to socialize.
(b) Why they feel hate.
(c) How they make moral distinctions.
(d) How they fall in love.

9. Which virtues does Hume say are culturally evolved?
(a) Natural virtues.
(b) Judgemental virtues.
(c) Artificial virtues.
(d) Vulgar virtues.

10. From where does Hume say we derive our feelings of love and hate?
(a) From ourselves.
(b) From others.
(c) From our parents.
(d) From objects.

11. What is the title of Book Three, Part Two?
(a) Of Religion and Atheism.
(b) Of Love and Hate.
(c) Of Morals and Immorals.
(d) Of Justice and Injustice.

12. What does religion argue about free will?
(a) One can't go to heaven without free will.
(b) One can't believe in God without free will.
(c) One can't fall in love without free will.
(d) One can't be moral without free will.

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

14. What does Hume say was enough to regulate humans in their tribes?
(a) Natural sentiment.
(b) Social order.
(c) Sensibility.
(d) Natural virtue.

15. What is the title of Book Three, Part Three?
(a) Of Love and Hate.
(b) Of the Other Virtues and Vices.
(c) Of Sympathy.
(d) Of Knowledge and Forgetting.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what two impressions does Hume say moral distinctions are based?

2. Which of the following does Hume say can't cause the will to act?

3. Why does Hume say we admire the rich and the powerful?

4. What was required to regulate society once it had evolved into a certain order?

5. What kind of virtues does Part Two examine?

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