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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 complex ideas?
(a) Combinations of simple ideas.
(b) Unresolved ideas out of which simple ideas come.
(c) The field of experience that inspires ideas.
(d) Simple ideas that vary based on definitions.

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

3. What does Locke use as an example of abstraction?
(a) People.
(b) Chairs.
(c) History.
(d) Nature.

4. What claim is Locke attacking in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?
(a) The claim that people know the world solely through the senses.
(b) The claim that people can merge compassion and reason.
(c) The claim to use pure reason in thinking.
(d) The claim that people can introspect into understanding.

5. What does Locke say is another word for retention?
(a) Ego.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Wit.
(d) Memory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Locke say justifies moral principles?

3. What limitation does Locke describe in human faculties?

4. What does reflection create ideas out of?

5. What are modes, according to Locke?

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