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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Locke define truth in an idea?
(a) An idea corresponds to the world.
(b) Educated people can see the truth.
(c) Proof can be shown mathematically.
(d) The truth is self-evident.

2. What is the contemporary name for Locke's field of inquiry?
(a) Epistemology.
(b) Comparative religion.
(c) Ontology.
(d) Existentialism.

3. What does Locke say is his purpose in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?
(a) To define a unified theory of understanding.
(b) To reconcile the tension between modes of understanding.
(c) To break understanding into its parts.
(d) To pin down the mystical origins of understanding.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you characterize Locke's description of knowledge in his introduction?

2. What do we have when an abstract idea cannot be broken down?

3. When does desire become action, in Locke's opinion?

4. How does Locke say people should use language?

5. Which is NOT a method Locke describes for forming a complex idea?

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