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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Book Two, Part Three?

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

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

4. Which of the following is a quality that gives rise to moral sentiment?

5. What do defenders of free will believe about the will?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hume divide direct passions?

2. Why does Hume want to answer the question, "Which impression or ideas help us to divide virtue from vice?"

3. What does Part Three of Book Three say about natural virtues?

4. Summarize Book Two.

5. Why does Hume state that morality is not based on reason?

6. What is Hume's argument against those who defend free will?

7. How does love and hatred differ from pride and humility?

8. Why does Hume reject all other moral theories?

9. How does Hume define love and hatred?

10. When do moral pleasures and pains occur?

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