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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. For whom does Locke say national principles are natural?
(a) Children and idiost.
(b) Grown men and women.
(c) Human beings.
(d) Men.

2. What does Locke say perception creates?
(a) Ideas.
(b) Language.
(c) Experiences.
(d) Symbols.

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

4. What does Locke say is required for an idea to be innate?
(a) No objections should exist to it.
(b) It cannot be arrived at through sensory means.
(c) There can only be one explanation for it.
(d) It must be believed by everyone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to a particular idea when you practice abstraction?

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

3. Where does Locke say we see the origin of our idea of number?

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

5. Which predecessor is Locke attacking with his discussion of understanding?

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