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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. What does Locke say liberty is aimed at?
(a) Relief of suffering.
(b) Compassion for others.
(c) Pursuit of profit.
(d) Pursuit of happiness.

2. How does Locke define 'idea'?
(a) The source of understanding.
(b) The result of understanding.
(c) The object of understanding.
(d) The purpose of understanding.

3. What makes philosophers think that people do not have free will?
(a) The mathematics of probabilities.
(b) Divine will.
(c) Causal necessity in nature.
(d) The inexorable shape of history.

4. Where does Locke say ideas come from?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) God.
(c) Experience.
(d) Senses.

5. What does Locke say pleasure and pain are the foundation for?
(a) Language.
(b) God and religion.
(c) Good and evil.
(d) Culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What consequence does the fact that knowledge is limited have on our knowledge, according to Locke?

2. What does Locke say was the second thing he wanted to study?

3. How does Locke say the concept of innate knowledge ultimately fails?

4. What do cause and effect derive from according to Locke?

5. What are people who do not believe in free will called?

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