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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 1, Of Virtue and Vice in General.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an artificial virtue?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Promise-keeping.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Hating.

2. What does Hume say impressions can't tell us?
(a) That there is a God.
(b) That there is an internal world.
(c) That there is an external world.
(d) That there is life beyond death.

3. What does Hume say is the only thing that can cause us to act?
(a) Experience.
(b) Identity.
(c) Reason.
(d) Passions.

4. What does Hume identify as the second philosophical relation?
(a) Identity.
(b) Space and time.
(c) Resemblance.
(d) Quality.

5. What is Hume's second tool of philosophical inquiry?
(a) The microscope.
(b) The map.
(c) The fork.
(d) The knife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does one feel the impression of volition?

3. What does Hume say would happen if you denied the existence of the 19th man of a group of twenty?

4. Which virtues does Hume say are culturally evolved?

5. What does Hume want to know about individuals in this section?

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