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

2. What do we need to do with ideas over time, according to Locke?
(a) Test them.
(b) Renew them.
(c) Abandon them.
(d) Challenge them.

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

4. What does Locke claim separates mankind from all other creatures on earth?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Language.
(c) Envy.
(d) Understanding.

5. What does Locke say the mind is before it has experiences?
(a) A set of dispositions.
(b) A white piece of paper.
(c) A history of turmoil.
(d) A power keg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proposed the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?

2. How are primary qualities different from secondary qualities?

3. Where does Locke say ideas come from?

4. How would you characterize Locke's description of knowledge in his introduction?

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

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