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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Locke describe in Book II?
(a) Whether ideas are moral.
(b) How understanding uses ideas.
(c) What the mind is.
(d) Whether ideas are innate.

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

3. Which grammatical particle does Locke examine in detail?
(a) On.
(b) In.
(c) But.
(d) Under.

4. What does Locke say number indicate about a thing?
(a) That it has the ability to replicate itself.
(b) That it cannot be split without being a different thing.
(c) How frequently it occurs.
(d) That it takes on a different shape in the aggregate.

5. Composition is the ability to do what, according to Locke?
(a) Invent new ideas.
(b) Use ideas for practical purposes.
(c) Combine ideas.
(d) Replace ideas with other ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What branch of philosophy derives from Locke's ideas about pain and pleasure?

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

3. What do we have when an abstract idea cannot be broken down?

4. How does Locke describe experience?

5. What does Locke say is ultimately grounded in pleasure and pain?

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