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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 2, Of The Ideas of Space and Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which French philosopher does Hume reference in this section?
(a) Sartre.
(b) Camus.
(c) Malezieu.
(d) Rimbaud.

2. From where does a human's substantive knowledge come?
(a) Society.
(b) Religion.
(c) Human senses.
(d) Human passion.

3. What fruit does Hume use as an example to show our inability to form a just idea without testing it first?
(a) A banana.
(b) A peach.
(c) An orange.
(d) A pineapple.

4. Hume says every simple impression is attended with what?
(a) A correspondent title.
(b) A correspondent idea.
(c) A correspondent sentence.
(d) A correspondent word.

5. How does Hume define intuition?
(a) Imagining what will happen.
(b) Recalling past events.
(c) Seeing the relation.
(d) Seeing the future.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hume says impressions are divided into what?

3. What does Hume say is the chief exercise of the memory?

4. What does Hume say takes precedence over ideas?

5. What object does Hume say is sufficient enough to give him the idea of extension?

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