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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way was Locke's perspective unique in the debate between free will and fate?
(a) He proposed different ways to tempt fate.
(b) He demonstrated the inevitability of free choice.
(c) He advocated experiments in free will.
(d) He proposed a third position.

2. When does desire become action, in Locke's opinion?
(a) When it first stirs.
(b) When it merges with will.
(c) When it develops into a philosophy.
(d) When it is unrequited.

3. How does Locke define the difference between freedom and will?
(a) Freedom is the ability to act; will is the freedom to choose.
(b) Freedom is riding light in the harness; will is the engine for progress.
(c) Freedom is the ability to let an internal power dictate one's actions; will is the source of the internal power.
(d) Freedom is the ability to act; will is a type of power.

4. What does reflection create ideas out of?
(a) Language itself.
(b) The mind's own operations.
(c) Sensation.
(d) History.

5. How would you characterize Locke's description of knowledge in his introduction?
(a) Idealist.
(b) Relativist.
(c) Pragmatic.
(d) Absolutist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which concept was beyond the sphere of Locke's inquiry?

2. What is the contemporary name for Locke's field of inquiry?

3. What does Locke say we do with ideas?

4. Abstraction is the ability to do what, according to Locke?

5. How does Locke say ideas change over time?

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