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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 perception creates?
(a) Experiences.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Language.
(d) Symbols.

2. How does Locke use garlic to illustrate his argument about the qualities of things?
(a) Different cultures use it for different things.
(b) The taste is different if it is cooked.
(c) Garlic has cleaning properties in addition to nutritional uses.
(d) Garlic has many different stages of development.

3. How does Locke characterize perception?
(a) Incomplete.
(b) Basic.
(c) Self-aware.
(d) Complex.

4. What happens to a particular idea when you practice abstraction?
(a) You use it for religious purposes.
(b) You see the opposite of the idea.
(c) You subtract particulars.
(d) You see it in context.

5. What defines a civil word, according to Locke?
(a) Words used in everyday communication.
(b) Words used in diplomacy.
(c) Words used in politics.
(d) Words used in court.

Short Answer Questions

1. What consequence does Locke describe if there were individual words for each thing?

2. When does desire become action, in Locke's opinion?

3. Where do pleasure and pain come from, according to Locke?

4. Which is NOT a category of complex ideas, according to Locke?

5. What does Locke say number indicate about a thing?

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