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

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

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

4. Which is the following is the best definition of the razor principle?
(a) If no term can be sliced into many parts, it can't be understood by a human mind.
(b) If no term can be balanced into equal parts, it's worthless.
(c) If no term can be imagined by the mind, it can never be fact.
(d) If no term can be proven to come from another idea, it has no meaning.

5. What does Hume say would happen if you denied the existence of the 19th man of a group of twenty?
(a) There would be much immoral behavior.
(b) The twentieth man would not exist.
(c) None of the men in the group would exist.
(d) People would fall in love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What system does Hume say is absurd?

3. Which idea comes in for extended analysis in Book One, Part Three?

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

5. In what does Hume say he finds it difficult to put faith?

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