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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix, An Abstract of a Book Lately Published, Entitled A Treatise of Human Nature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what two types does Hume divide direct passions?
(a) Those which are comfortable and those which are uncomfortable.
(b) Those which respond to pain and those which are natural instincts.
(c) Those which respond to hate and those which respond to love.
(d) Those which we understand and thosewhich we misunderstand.

2. What kind of people does Hume say don't understand justice?
(a) Morally corrupt people.
(b) People with mental illness.
(c) Morally primitive people.
(d) Criminals.

3. What does Hume say is the only thing he finds when he looks inside himself?
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Fear.
(d) Perception.

4. Hume says everyone can feel the difference between what?
(a) Feeling and thinking.
(b) Impressions and ideas.
(c) Images and words.
(d) Women and men.

5. Which idea comes in for extended analysis in Book One, Part Three?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Passions.
(c) Morals.
(d) Causation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hume says every simple impression is attended with what?

2. Why does Hume think humans, unlike other animals, cannot satisfy their needs from nature alone?

3. Why do we love people we know more than strangers?

4. Which of the following can cause either pride or humility?

5. What does Hume say would have put him closer to the truth?

(see the answer key)

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