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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 2, Of Justice and Injustice.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is benevolence?
(a) The desire to make someone you love happy.
(b) Suppressed anger at someone you love.
(c) The willingness to help people you don't know.
(d) The pleasure one gets from seeing pain.

3. What is the name of the system used to prove the existence of God?
(a) Theology.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Metaphysics.
(d) Christian science.

4. From where does Hume say facts come?
(a) The government.
(b) Experience.
(c) History.
(d) The imagination.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hume define anger?

2. When does Hume say self-interested motives can be taken to be virtuous?

3. What does Hume say happens to justice over time?

4. What is Hume's first tool of philosophical inquiry?

5. What kind of people does Hume say we admire?

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