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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who proposed the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?
(a) Plotinus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Aristotle.

4. Where does understanding originate, according to Locke?
(a) The senses.
(b) God.
(c) The collective unconscious.
(d) The genes.

5. Where do primary qualities originate, according to Locke?
(a) They do not originate.
(b) Experiences.
(c) Things themselves.
(d) Interactions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke try to look at understanding?

2. What is substance, according to Locke?

3. What is the limitation of understanding, according to Locke?

4. How does Locke describe reflection?

5. How does Locke say an object's qualities can change?

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