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

2. Into what does Hume divide knowledge?
(a) Passions and reason.
(b) Definitions and observations.
(c) Vice and virtue.
(d) Pride and prejudice.

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

4. Hume says complex ideas are divided into what?
(a) Passions, prides and prejudices.
(b) Relations, modes and substances.
(c) Time, place and distance.
(d) Solar, molar and code.

5. What is the title of Book one, Part Three?
(a) Injustice Versus Justice.
(b) Of Space and Time.
(c) Of Knowledge and Probability.
(d) Morals of the World.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hume say could be the condition of a man who is insensitive to time?

2. Which French philosopher does Hume reference in this section?

3. What does Hume say is limited?

4. How does Hume define demonstration?

5. What kind of image does Hume say will be presented if one wheels around a burning coal with rapidity?

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