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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Part 3, Of Knowledge and Probability.

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) An orange.
(b) A pineapple.
(c) A banana.
(d) A peach.

2. What two cities does Hume use in his example of why it is difficult to form accurate impressions?
(a) New Jerusalem and Paris.
(b) Moscow and Prague.
(c) London and Edinborough.
(d) Glasgow and Liverpool.

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

4. Why does Hume say that neither ideas nor impressions are infinitely divisible?
(a) We would eventually arrive at a number too difficult to perceive.
(b) They are a solid fact.
(c) They can only be divided into four.
(d) It takes away from the fact that they are complex.

5. Hume says impressions are divided into what?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Pride and passions.
(c) Sensation and reflexion.
(d) Ideas and words.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hume's second tool of philosophical inquiry?

2. From where does a human's substantive knowledge come?

3. What does Hume say is limited?

4. Which of the following is an abstract concept?

5. What is Hume's third tool of philosophical inquiry?

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