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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 4, On the Sceptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hume say the human mind resolves itself into what distinct kinds ?
(a) Pride and prejudice.
(b) Impressions and ideas.
(c) Images and words.
(d) Love and hate.

2. What does Hume identify as the second philosophical relation?
(a) Space and time.
(b) Identity.
(c) Resemblance.
(d) Quality.

3. Hume thinks it is pointless to wonder about the existence of what?
(a) The internal world.
(b) The external world and external objects.
(c) The perfect man or woman for ourselves.
(d) The nuclear family.

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

5. What does Hume say is the only thing senses give us?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Reasons.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Impressions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is unreliable in terms of perceiving things?

2. By what does Hume say cousins are connected?

3. The second truth in Hume's fork principle deals with what?

4. How does Hume define demonstration?

5. What does Hume say is the only thing he finds when he looks inside himself?

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