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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the philosopher's most important job, according to Locke?
(a) Clarify meanings of terms.
(b) Arrive at truth.
(c) Recall the steps by which truth was arrived at.
(d) Demolish opponents' arguments.

2. What question does sensitive knowledge answer for Locke?
(a) What is the color of an object?
(b) How do we know we are not dreaming?
(c) What is the right way to resolve a crime?
(d) How do I know I exist?

3. What are people who do not believe in free will called?
(a) Fatalists.
(b) Relativists.
(c) Determinists.
(d) Ontologists.

4. Who is guilty of reification, according to Locke?
(a) Metaphysical philosophers.
(b) Historians.
(c) Materialist philosophers.
(d) Scientists.

5. What consequence does the fact that knowledge is limited have on our knowledge, according to Locke?
(a) It obligates people to constant conversation.
(b) It limits the fields in which we can know anything.
(c) It means that man has to devise better tools for experimenting.
(d) It does not invalidate it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say perception creates?

2. How does Locke use walnuts to illustrate the qualities of things?

3. To what does Locke attribute the ability to create technology and to organize our environment?

4. What does Locke say liberty is aimed at?

5. Discerning is the ability to do what, according to Locke?

(see the answer key)

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