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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Locke say knowledge exists?
(a) Between ideas.
(b) In brain chemistry.
(c) In relationships between people.
(d) In language.

2. What does Locke say desires have in common?
(a) Unhappiness as a result.
(b) A motivating force to alleviate discomfort.
(c) Ineffability.
(d) The ability to mitigate unease.

3. What modern movement did Locke prefigure in his arguments about philosophical language?
(a) Deconstruction.
(b) Ordinary language philosophy.
(c) Ontology.
(d) Relativists.

4. Where does Locke say our ideas of morality come from?
(a) Gods and devils.
(b) Pleasure and pain.
(c) Acts and punishments.
(d) Science and superstition.

5. What does Locke say perception creates?
(a) Language.
(b) Experiences.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Ideas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are modes, according to Locke?

3. Who is guilty of reification, according to Locke?

4. Why don't most words refer to simple ideas, in Locke's account?

5. What limitation does Locke describe in human faculties?

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