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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 characterize perception?
(a) Basic.
(b) Complex.
(c) Self-aware.
(d) Incomplete.

2. Whose understanding measures whether an idea is innate, according to Locke?
(a) Children and idiots.
(b) Adult males only.
(c) Angels.
(d) Animals.

3. How does Locke define complex ideas?
(a) Combinations of simple ideas.
(b) Unresolved ideas out of which simple ideas come.
(c) The field of experience that inspires ideas.
(d) Simple ideas that vary based on definitions.

4. What does Locke say retention allows us to do?
(a) Organize ideas.
(b) Evaluate ideas.
(c) Store ideas.
(d) Forget ideas.

5. What does Locke say was the second thing he wanted to study?
(a) How the body registers knowledge.
(b) How we form beliefs.
(c) How we know things.
(d) How the spirit reacts to knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say the mind is before it has experiences?

2. What does Locke say is his purpose in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?

3. What does Locke say about sensations that an infant feels in utero?

4. Where do secondary qualities originate, according to Locke?

5. How does Locke use garlic to illustrate his argument about the qualities of things?

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