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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hume say we can direct onto others?
(a) Hate.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Passions.
(d) Love.

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

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

4. What does Hume say is the opposite of respect?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Malice.
(c) Benevolence.
(d) Envy.

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

6. When does one feel the impression of volition?
(a) Whenever one desires love.
(b) Whenever one desires company.
(c) Whenever one desires good.
(d) Whenever one desires hate.

7. What best describes Hume's conception of the will?
(a) An intrinsic force.
(b) A feeling.
(c) A power.
(d) An extrinsic force.

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

9. Which of the following does Hume suggest is the true origin of morals?
(a) A general viewpoint.
(b) A subjective viewpoint.
(c) Social order.
(d) Justice.

10. What do individuals develop after some social evolution?
(a) A sense of justice.
(b) Self-interest.
(c) Moral sentiment.
(d) Family values.

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

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

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

14. What kind of virtues does Part Two examine?
(a) Moral distinctions.
(b) Natural virtues.
(c) Artificial virtues.
(d) Superficial virtues.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do individuals want to fake the practice of virtue?

2. What is Hume's argument against religion's view on free will?

3. What determines whether action is good or bad?

4. Why does Hume think humans, unlike other animals, cannot satisfy their needs from nature alone?

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

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