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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Locke use as a definition of active powers?
(a) Gravity.
(b) Luck.
(c) Heat.
(d) Will or volition.

2. What does Locke say the increase of our intellectual powers follows?
(a) Standardization of terminology.
(b) Expansion of vocabulary.
(c) Simplification of ideas.
(d) Abstraction of ideas.

3. Where do primary qualities originate, according to Locke?
(a) Interactions.
(b) Experiences.
(c) Things themselves.
(d) They do not originate.

4. How does Locke define desire?
(a) The need to return to a previous bliss.
(b) The urgent need to merge with something outside the self.
(c) The force that moves the world.
(d) The projection of happiness on things outside the self.

5. What does Locke claim separates mankind from all other creatures on earth?
(a) Envy.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke describe the mind as?

2. How does Locke define passive powers?

3. What does Locke say God gave man in order to fulfill his purpose?

4. What idea does Locke say we use when we define a horse?

5. What is the effect of a passive power?

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