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

2. 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.

3. Why does Hume think it is impossible to believe in a God?
(a) There are too many different Gods.
(b) Religion does not allow for natural thought.
(c) People have no direct impression of Him.
(d) Religion is too strict.

4. For what does Hume think people mistake their perceptions?
(a) Feeliing.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Reality.
(d) Love.

5. Why does Hume think humans, unlike other animals, cannot satisfy their needs from nature alone?
(a) They have an active mind and need to discover new things.
(b) They have more desires than they have means to meet them.
(c) They can't live in a primitive state.
(d) They have to live in an isolated space.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a disposition involved with the passions?

2. How does Hume define respect?

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

4. What kind of people does Hume say don't understand justice?

5. Why do we love people we know more than strangers?

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