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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. By what does Hume say cousins are connected?
(a) Causation.
(b) Family.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Fate.

2. Why does Hume say that neither ideas nor impressions are infinitely divisible?
(a) They can only be divided into four.
(b) It takes away from the fact that they are complex.
(c) They are a solid fact.
(d) We would eventually arrive at a number too difficult to perceive.

3. Which of the following passions does Hume call a bodily feeling?
(a) Love.
(b) Pride.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Rage.

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

5. Into what does Hume divide knowledge?
(a) Pride and prejudice.
(b) Definitions and observations.
(c) Passions and reason.
(d) Vice and virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is an abstract concept?

2. Hume says complex ideas are divided into what?

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

4. What does Hume say is limited?

5. Which of the following passions does Hume call an emotion?

Short Essay Questions

1. In terms of philosophy what is empiricism?

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

3. How does Hume define passions?

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

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

6. What does Hume say are simple perceptions?

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

8. What is the microscope principle?

9. What argument did Malezieu propose in terms of space and time?

10. How does Hume claim the mind perceives time?

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