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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 16-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Locke say allows us to see ourselves as free agents?
(a) Will.
(b) Desire.
(c) Determinism.
(d) Fate.

2. What are people who do not believe in free will called?
(a) Relativists.
(b) Fatalists.
(c) Ontologists.
(d) Determinists.

3. What quality does Locke say innate principles lack?
(a) Universal consent.
(b) Presentability.
(c) Translatability.
(d) Variability.

4. How does Locke handle the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?
(a) Locke says that doubt is for science, not philosophy.
(b) Locke says that doubt is the eternal enemy of knowledge.
(c) Locke says that certain things are known a priori.
(d) Locke says that understanding is divine and God is up to the job of inquiry.

5. Where does Locke say we see the origin of our idea of number?
(a) Trees in a forest.
(b) Flocks of geese.
(c) Our bodies and minds.
(d) Grains of sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke characterize perception?

2. What example does Locke use for an idea that is innate?

3. What is Locke really discussing in his discussion of pleasure and pain?

4. Where does Locke say our ideas of morality come from?

5. How would you characterize Locke's description of knowledge in his introduction?

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