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

2. Abstraction is the ability to do what, according to Locke?
(a) See a concept in a sense experience.
(b) Contradict an idea.
(c) Deduce a meaning from a category.
(d) Turn an idea into a representative.

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

4. What are modes, according to Locke?
(a) Opposites.
(b) Halves of a paradox.
(c) Combinations of substances.
(d) Methods of describing things.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say is required for an idea to be innate?

2. What does Locke say number indicate about a thing?

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

4. What does Locke say about sensations that an infant feels in utero?

5. In what way was Locke's perspective unique in the debate between free will and fate?

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