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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. What object does Hume say is sufficient enough to give him the idea of extension?
(a) The chair.
(b) The table.
(c) The cabinet.
(d) The bath.

2. Which of the following is unreliable in terms of perceiving things?
(a) Imagination.
(b) Objects.
(c) Senses.
(d) Reason.

3. From where does Hume say facts come?
(a) History.
(b) The government.
(c) The imagination.
(d) Experience.

4. What are the two ways in which Hume says one can exist?
(a) Internally and externally.
(b) Free of life and imprisoned by life.
(c) Independently of the mind and dependently of the world.
(d) Parentally influenced and self-influenced.

5. In what does Hume say he finds it difficult to put faith?
(a) The external world.
(b) The internal world.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Imagination.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does distinguishing between perception and reality often lead?

2. From where does Hume say sensation arises?

3. Hume says complex ideas are divided into what?

4. What system does Hume say is absurd?

5. What does Hume use his razor theory to devalue?

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