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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 describe the mind as?
(a) A blank slate.
(b) A cultural storehouse.
(c) A library.
(d) A battlefield.

2. What do cause and effect derive from according to Locke?
(a) Cause and effect.
(b) Pain and pleasure.
(c) Freedom and fate.
(d) Good and evil.

3. Which predecessor is Locke attacking with his discussion of understanding?
(a) Leibniz.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Milton.
(d) Erasmus.

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

5. What does Locke say retention allows us to do?
(a) Store ideas.
(b) Organize ideas.
(c) Forget ideas.
(d) Evaluate ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are modes, according to Locke?

2. How does Locke describe the work principles do?

3. What quality does Locke say innate principles lack?

4. For whom does Locke say national principles are natural?

5. What does Locke's discussion of number lead into a discussion of?

(see the answer key)

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