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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 1, Of Pride and Humility.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hume say is stronger than imagination?
(a) Love.
(b) Memory.
(c) Passions.
(d) Reality.

2. What does Book One cover regarding human nature?
(a) Sympathies.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Passions.
(d) Understanding.

3. What kind of image does Hume say will be presented if one wheels around a burning coal with rapidity?
(a) A burning pole.
(b) A reddish orange blur.
(c) Whatever your imagination allows.
(d) A circle of fire.

4. What does Hume say he will use to discuss passion instead of physiology?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Experience.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Psychology.

5. What does Hume say helps us produce belief?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Imagination.
(c) The external world.
(d) The internal world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hume says complex ideas are divided into what?

2. Which of the following was also a British empiricist?

3. What does Hume say is a disagreeable impression?

4. What is the title of Book Two, Part One?

5. Into what does Hume divide knowledge?

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