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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 say is a philosopher's primary method, in Locke's account?
(a) Experimentation.
(b) Reflection.
(c) Debate.
(d) Analysis.

2. How does Locke resolve the contradiction between people who believe in free will and people who do not?
(a) He says that there is indeterminism on a sub-atomic level, that allows for free choice.
(b) He says that people have a choice whether to follow their wills.
(c) He says that the world has choices, even if people do not.
(d) He says that determinism is determined in free choices in every moment.

3. What happens to love over time, according to Locke?
(a) It leads to marriage and commitment in acts.
(b) Unlike other ideas, it remains constant if it is true.
(c) It creates freedom.
(d) Like other ideas, it fades unless it is renewed.

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

5. What is reification?
(a) Seeing words as things to be exchanged.
(b) Seeing words as people.
(c) Seeing words as objects.
(d) Seeing words as money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say is another word for retention?

2. What is the philosopher's most important job, according to Locke?

3. What does Locke describe the mind as?

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

5. Abstraction is the ability to do what, according to Locke?

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