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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. Which is NOT a method Locke describes for forming a complex idea?
(a) Deriving an idea from a sense experience.
(b) Combing several simple ideas into a new, complex idea.
(c) Abstracting from a simple idea into a general idea.
(d) Bringing two simple ideas together without uniting them.

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

3. How are primary qualities different from secondary qualities?
(a) Primary qualities are the unification of all the secondary qualities.
(b) Secondary qualities depend on something innate about the thing.
(c) Primary qualities will not change.
(d) Secondary qualities will not change.

4. How does Locke define desire?
(a) The need to return to a previous bliss.
(b) The force that moves the world.
(c) The projection of happiness on things outside the self.
(d) The urgent need to merge with something outside the self.

5. How does Locke define truth in an idea?
(a) The truth is self-evident.
(b) An idea corresponds to the world.
(c) Educated people can see the truth.
(d) Proof can be shown mathematically.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which concept was beyond the sphere of Locke's inquiry?

2. What does Locke say about this standard for whether an idea is innate?

3. How does Locke characterize perception?

4. What does Locke say the mind is before it has experiences?

5. What does Locke use an example to illustrate mode?

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