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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Locke say we cannot have an innate morality?
(a) Because innate ideas are impossible.
(b) Because instincts are not moral.
(c) Because he demonstrates that morality is not instinctual.
(d) Because there is no room in the genes.

2. What worry is Locke sensitive to, in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?
(a) That language is never better than self-referential.
(b) That the world does not exist.
(c) That true knowledge is impossible.
(d) That doubt is eternal.

3. What does Locke say each distinct idea is?
(a) A simple idea.
(b) A word.
(c) An essence.
(d) A general idea.

4. Where does Locke say we see the origin of our idea of number?
(a) Trees in a forest.
(b) Flocks of geese.
(c) Our bodies and minds.
(d) Grains of sand.

5. How does Locke limit what knowledge can be?
(a) We can only know things we can perceive.
(b) We can only know things we can describe.
(c) We can only know things that can be translated into any language.
(d) We can only know things we have witnessed personally.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke describe his theory of knowledge?

2. What is the consequence of using words to refer to personal ideas, according to Locke?

3. What does Locke say men have freedom to do, in terms of language?

4. How can we understand the properties of things, according to Locke?

5. What happens to the man in the illustration?

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