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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hume say must be bound to family in order for it to work?
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) Servants.
(d) Women.

2. What does Hume say determines the will?
(a) Love.
(b) Reason.
(c) Passions.
(d) Virtue.

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

4. What was required to regulate society once it had evolved into a certain order?
(a) Justice.
(b) Morality.
(c) Religion.
(d) Passion.

5. What virtue allows humans to be governed?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Politeness.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Honesty.

6. What does Hume say justice must be to motivate us?
(a) Interesting.
(b) Moral.
(c) Fair.
(d) Individualistic.

7. Which of the following is a group of contrary?
(a) Benevolence and anger.
(b) Pity and malice.
(c) Love and hate.
(d) Respect and contempt.

8. What does Hume call romantic love?
(a) Fun and games.
(b) Amorous passion.
(c) Red hot passion.
(d) Uncontrollable libido.

9. Which of the following is an artificial virtue?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Hating.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Promise-keeping.

10. What virtue does Hume claim is needed to maintain the family unit?
(a) Love.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Chastity.
(d) Honesty.

11. How does Hume define respect?
(a) Listening to someone you don't like.
(b) Feelings of love and humility towards another person.
(c) Feelings of deep envy towards another person.
(d) Loving someone you want to be and perhaps could be.

12. What is the title of Book Two, Part Three?
(a) Of the Will and Direct Passions.
(b) Of Love and Hate.
(c) Of Justice and Morality.
(d) Of Free Will and Indirect Passion.

13. What does Hume say none of his three motives of human nature are sufficient enough to produce?
(a) Disorder.
(b) Justice.
(c) Order.
(d) Morals.

14. Why does Hume reject all other moral theories?
(a) They cannot explain people.
(b) The cannot explain society.
(c) They cannot explain life.
(d) They cannot explain obligation.

15. Which of the following is a quality that gives rise to moral sentiment?
(a) Listening.
(b) Conversation skills.
(c) Qualities useful to self.
(d) Humor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hume say societies need to defend themselves against attack?

2. What does Hume say we can direct onto others?

3. According to Hume, which of the following is a motive built into human nature?

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

5. What doctrine does Hume say he is rejecting regarding the will?

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