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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Locke say about the form of signs and words?
(a) They are divine.
(b) They are arbitrary.
(c) They are determined.
(d) They are innate.

2. What is substance, according to Locke?
(a) The abstraction of a thing.
(b) Separation between things.
(c) The history of a thing.
(d) The essence of a thing.

3. What does Locke say about this standard for whether an idea is innate?
(a) He says it is a bird of a different color.
(b) He says that it is too high a hurdle to pass.
(c) He says that it is too wide a net.
(d) He says that it is a kettle of fish.

4. What do cause and effect derive from according to Locke?
(a) Cause and effect.
(b) Pain and pleasure.
(c) Freedom and fate.
(d) Good and evil.

5. What defines a philosophical usage of a word, according to Locke?
(a) Technical uses in court.
(b) Highly specialized definitions.
(c) Generally accepted definitions.
(d) Essential, eternal meanings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Locke say we cannot have an innate morality?

2. What qualities does Locke say things have?

3. What standard would an idea have to meet to be considered innate?

4. What does Locke say perception creates?

5. How does Locke handle the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?

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