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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Hume say self-interested motives can be taken to be virtuous?
(a) When they are connected with natural instincts.
(b) When they are connected to artificial virtue.
(c) When they are connected with death.
(d) When they are connected with vice.

2. Of what does Hume say we have a false sensation?
(a) Sub-emotion.
(b) Caused choice.
(c) Underlying emotion.
(d) Uncaused choice.

3. What passion does Hume say malice is like?
(a) Hate.
(b) Anger.
(c) Pity.
(d) Envy.

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

5. How does Hume define anger?
(a) The need to scream and shout at the nearest object.
(b) The desire to cause pain to someone you hate.
(c) The desire to be self-destructive.
(d) The desire to be alone.

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

7. What direct passions do natural instincts produce?
(a) Pleasure and pain.
(b) Fear and hate.
(c) Desire and joy.
(d) Love and hate.

8. Why do individuals want to fake the practice of virtue?
(a) They want to fit into society.
(b) They want to make friends.
(c) They want to be accepted by God.
(d) The want moral approval.

9. According to what does Hume say we judge individuals ?
(a) Their judgements and morals.
(b) Their external appearance.
(c) Their internal being.
(d) Their motives and actions.

10. According to Hume, which of the following is a motive built into human nature?
(a) Self-interest.
(b) Personability.
(c) General benevolence.
(d) General sympathy.

11. Of what does vice give us the impression?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Hate.
(c) Love.
(d) Pain.

12. On what two impressions does Hume say moral distinctions are based?
(a) Resemblance and modesty.
(b) Reflection and approbation.
(c) Laughter and pain.
(d) Frolics and deity.

13. What does Hume say we need to stop men from fighting?
(a) Social units.
(b) Sport.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

14. What is the general title of Book Three?
(a) Of Nature.
(b) Of Humans.
(c) Of Passions.
(d) Of Morals.

15. What passion does Hume say pity is like?
(a) Envy.
(b) Hate.
(c) Love.
(d) Sympathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does virtue give us the impression?

2. What does Hume say none of his three motives of human nature are sufficient enough to produce?

3. Which of the following is a disposition involved with the passions?

4. What is Hume's general goal in his treatise?

5. Which of the following is an artificial virtue?

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