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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. What does Hume say is the chief exercise of the memory?
(a) To find the essence of an idea.
(b) To confound critics.
(c) To ignite the imagination.
(d) To put simple ideas in order.

2. What does Hume say is limited?
(a) Social morals.
(b) Family life.
(c) The capacity of the mind.
(d) The capacity to feel love.

3. Which of the following passions does Hume call an emotion?
(a) Pride.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Hot and cold.
(d) Pain.

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

5. 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 circle of fire.
(c) Whatever your imagination allows.
(d) A reddish orange blur.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what does Hume say all human action is determined?

2. What does Hume say takes precedence over ideas?

3. What does Hume say impression does not tell us?

4. Hume says everyone can feel the difference between what?

5. What kind of virtues does Part Two examine?

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