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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 16-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Locke say we cannot have an innate morality?
(a) Because innate ideas are impossible.
(b) Because instincts are not moral.
(c) Because there is no room in the genes.
(d) Because he demonstrates that morality is not instinctual.

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

3. What does Locke say about the difference between reflection and sensation?
(a) They are not totally different.
(b) Sensation provides material for reflection.
(c) They are mutually exclusive.
(d) Reflection works first.

4. What did Locke study first?
(a) The mechanisms for measuring understanding.
(b) Differences in animal and human understanding.
(c) The origins of understanding.
(d) The weight of understanding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which concept was beyond the sphere of Locke's inquiry?

2. How does Locke handle the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?

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

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

5. What limitation does Locke describe in human faculties?

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