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

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

3. How does Locke define simple ideas?
(a) They cannot be presented in language.
(b) They cannot be broken down into parts.
(c) They can only be seen in behavior.
(d) They cannot be built upon.

4. How does Locke describe reflection?
(a) As the engine for language.
(b) As the history of sense experiences.
(c) As the mind's sensation of itself.
(d) As the patterns sense experiences make.

5. How does Locke use walnuts to illustrate the qualities of things?
(a) Crushed walnuts will look different than whole walnuts.
(b) Walnuts are different at different stages of their development.
(c) Walnuts look different than grown walnut trees.
(d) Walnuts are seeds for trees but food for animals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do ideas come from, according to Locke?

3. What does Locke say justifies moral principles?

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

5. Discerning is the ability to do what, according to Locke?

(see the answer key)

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