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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 God gave man in order to fulfill his purpose?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Words.
(c) Images.
(d) Technology.

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

3. Which grammatical particle does Locke examine in detail?
(a) Under.
(b) In.
(c) On.
(d) But.

4. To what does Locke attribute the ability to create technology and to organize our environment?
(a) Perception.
(b) Science.
(c) Sensitivity.
(d) Reason.

5. How are primary qualities different from secondary qualities?
(a) Secondary qualities depend on something innate about the thing.
(b) Secondary qualities will not change.
(c) Primary qualities will not change.
(d) Primary qualities are the unification of all the secondary qualities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Composition is the ability to do what, according to Locke?

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

3. What does Locke say liberty is aimed at?

4. What defines a philosophical usage of a word, according to Locke?

5. What is a power, according to Locke?

(see the answer key)

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