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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Locke define passive powers?
(a) They are essential to the things themselves.
(b) They are the inertia of things.
(c) They only exist when more than two things come into contact.
(d) They have no internal direction.

2. How does Locke describe pleasure and pain?
(a) Unintelligible.
(b) Unstructured.
(c) Clear and powerful.
(d) Chaotic.

3. What branch of philosophy derives from Locke's ideas about pain and pleasure?
(a) Existentialism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Historicism.
(d) Utilitarianism.

4. How does Locke use walnuts to illustrate the qualities of things?
(a) Walnuts are different at different stages of their development.
(b) Walnuts look different than grown walnut trees.
(c) Crushed walnuts will look different than whole walnuts.
(d) Walnuts are seeds for trees but food for animals.

5. How does Locke define the difference between freedom and will?
(a) Freedom is the ability to act; will is a type of power.
(b) Freedom is riding light in the harness; will is the engine for progress.
(c) Freedom is the ability to act; will is the freedom to choose.
(d) Freedom is the ability to let an internal power dictate one's actions; will is the source of the internal power.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke define the essence of a thing?

2. Where does Locke say we see the origin of our idea of number?

3. How does Locke resolve the contradiction between people who believe in free will and people who do not?

4. How does Locke define will?

5. What abuse does Locke say is typical of scholars?

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