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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. Which French philosopher does Hume reference in this section?
(a) Sartre.
(b) Camus.
(c) Rimbaud.
(d) Malezieu.

2. What does Hume say he wants to confess in his appendix?
(a) A joke.
(b) Errors.
(c) Self-hate.
(d) Crimes.

3. Hume says impressions are divided into what?
(a) Pride and passions.
(b) Sensation and reflexion.
(c) Ideas and words.
(d) Love and hate.

4. Why does Hume think humans, unlike other animals, cannot satisfy their needs from nature alone?
(a) They can't live in a primitive state.
(b) They have more desires than they have means to meet them.
(c) They have an active mind and need to discover new things.
(d) They have to live in an isolated space.

5. What does Hume say is the only thing that can make uncaused choices?
(a) There is nothing.
(b) Free will.
(c) The soul.
(d) Mass society.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hume say takes precedence over ideas?

3. What idea does Hume claim is intelligible?

4. What does Hume say the mind has command over?

5. Which of the following does Hume say can't cause the will to act?

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