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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Locke describe reflection?
(a) As the history of sense experiences.
(b) As the mind's sensation of itself.
(c) As the patterns sense experiences make.
(d) As the engine for language.

2. What does Locke say is required for an idea to be innate?
(a) There can only be one explanation for it.
(b) It must be believed by everyone.
(c) No objections should exist to it.
(d) It cannot be arrived at through sensory means.

3. Who proposed the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Plato.
(c) Plotinus.
(d) Aristotle.

4. What does Locke use an example to illustrate mode?
(a) Space.
(b) Science.
(c) Time.
(d) Water.

5. To what does Locke attribute the ability to create technology and to organize our environment?
(a) Perception.
(b) Sensitivity.
(c) Science.
(d) Reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. What qualities does Locke say things have?

2. How does Locke use walnuts to illustrate the qualities of things?

3. How does Locke define simple ideas?

4. What does Locke describe the mind as?

5. What is the contemporary name for Locke's field of inquiry?

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