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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes philosophers think that people do not have free will?
(a) The inexorable shape of history.
(b) The mathematics of probabilities.
(c) Divine will.
(d) Causal necessity in nature.

2. How does Locke define intuitive knowledge?
(a) Knowledge we can perceive directly as true or false.
(b) Knowledge based on deduction and inference.
(c) Knowledge based on metaphysical experience.
(d) Knowledge based on experiments.

3. 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 introspect into understanding.
(c) The claim to use pure reason in thinking.
(d) The claim that people can merge compassion and reason.

4. How does Locke say an object's qualities can change?
(a) He says that things' qualities can change depending on who you talk to.
(b) He says that qualities can change upon reflection.
(c) He says that a thing's color can change in different light.
(d) He says that qualities can change in memory.

5. What does Locke say about sensations that an infant feels in utero?
(a) They form the instincts.
(b) They do not constitute innate knowledge.
(c) They are the basis of innate knowledge.
(d) They must be un-learned.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke describe experience?

2. What does Locke say words refer to?

3. Which predecessor is Locke attacking with his discussion of understanding?

4. What defines demonstrative knowledge, in Locke's account?

5. What do representational ideas represent?

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