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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. Hume says complex ideas are divided into what?
(a) Solar, molar and code.
(b) Time, place and distance.
(c) Relations, modes and substances.
(d) Passions, prides and prejudices.

2. Why do individuals want to fake the practice of virtue?
(a) They want to make friends.
(b) They want to fit into society.
(c) The want moral approval.
(d) They want to be accepted by God.

3. To what does distinguishing between perception and reality often lead?
(a) Lopsided theories.
(b) Misguided theories.
(c) A metaphysical position.
(d) Counterintuitive positions.

4. When does Hume say self-interested motives can be taken to be virtuous?
(a) When they are connected with death.
(b) When they are connected with natural instincts.
(c) When they are connected with vice.
(d) When they are connected to artificial virtue.

5. What object does Hume say is sufficient enough to give him the idea of extension?
(a) The bath.
(b) The chair.
(c) The cabinet.
(d) The table.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of point of view does sympathy allow us to take?

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

3. What does Hume say will is instead of a power?

4. On what two impressions does Hume say moral distinctions are based?

5. Which of the following does Hume state is an artificial virtue?

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