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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the man in the illustration?
(a) He is given the ability to punish another man.
(b) He runs an experiment on another man.
(c) He is told that someone he knows has died.
(d) He is carried into another room while sleeping.

2. Which is NOT a category of complex ideas, according to Locke?
(a) Substances.
(b) Styles.
(c) Modes.
(d) Relations.

3. How has God formed man, according to Locke?
(a) To be warlike.
(b) To be devout.
(c) To be self-seeking.
(d) To be sociable.

4. What does reflection create ideas out of?
(a) Sensation.
(b) History.
(c) Language itself.
(d) The mind's own operations.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is guilty of reification, according to Locke?

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

3. What is the consequence of using words to refer to personal ideas, according to Locke?

4. What is it that contributed to the pervasiveness of language, in Locke's account?

5. How does Locke define love?

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