An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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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. How does Locke handle the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?
(a) Locke says that certain things are known a priori.
(b) Locke says that understanding is divine and God is up to the job of inquiry.
(c) Locke says that doubt is for science, not philosophy.
(d) Locke says that doubt is the eternal enemy of knowledge.

2. What does Locke's illustration show?
(a) That a man can be clear in will but unfree in action.
(b) That fate wears a human face.
(c) That hell is other people.
(d) That a man can be deceived about his relation with other men.

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

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

5. How does Locke define the difference between freedom and will?
(a) Freedom is the ability to act; will is a type of power.
(b) Freedom is the ability to act; will is the freedom to choose.
(c) Freedom is riding light in the harness; will is the engine for progress.
(d) Freedom is the ability to let an internal power dictate one's actions; will is the source of the internal power.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to love over time, according to Locke?

3. Where does understanding originate, according to Locke?

4. How does Locke define perception?

5. Where does Locke say our idea of number comes from?

(see the answer key)

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