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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hume say is the only thing he finds when he looks inside himself?
(a) Love.
(b) Perception.
(c) Hate.
(d) Fear.

2. What does Hume claim is a fictitious denomination?
(a) The idea of justice.
(b) The idea of unity.
(c) The idea of morals.
(d) The idea of love.

3. Which of the following best describes Hume's fork principle?
(a) A truth can be split into two.
(b) Life has two roads.
(c) We can either live in right or wrong.
(d) A truth has four parts.

4. With what does the first truth in Hume's fork principle deal?
(a) English grammar rules.
(b) True statements in mathematics.
(c) Religious concepts.
(d) Truth in science.

5. In what does Hume say he finds it difficult to put faith?
(a) The internal world.
(b) Imagination.
(c) The external world.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hume tells the reader to fix his eye on what kind of spot?

2. What does Hume say could be the condition of a man who is insensitive to time?

3. Which of the following can cause either pride or humility?

4. Hume thinks it is pointless to wonder about the existence of what?

5. What is Hume's third tool of philosophical inquiry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what does Hume claim a substance is made up?

2. Why does Hume think that memory is stronger than imagination?

3. How does Hume claim the mind perceives time?

4. What are Dr. Clarke's views on cause and effect?

5. Why can only our imagination produce belief in external objects?

6. What is contiguity within the context of cause and effect?

7. What is the conventional view of cause and effect?

8. Why does Hume think it is pointless to wonder about the external world?

9. What does Hume say are simple perceptions?

10. How does Hume claim the mind perceives space?

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