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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do ideas come from, according to Locke?
(a) Sense experiences.
(b) History.
(c) The mind itself.
(d) Genes.

2. What does Locke say is required for an idea to be innate?
(a) It cannot be arrived at through sensory means.
(b) There can only be one explanation for it.
(c) It must be believed by everyone.
(d) No objections should exist to it.

3. What did Locke study first?
(a) Differences in animal and human understanding.
(b) The weight of understanding.
(c) The mechanisms for measuring understanding.
(d) The origins of understanding.

4. Who proposed the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?
(a) Plato.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Plotinus.
(d) Aristotle.

5. Where does Locke say ideas come from?
(a) God.
(b) Senses.
(c) Inspiration.
(d) Experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say must be learned along with ideas?

2. What example does Locke use for an idea that is innate?

3. How does Locke handle the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?

4. What does Locke argue against in Chapter 2 of Book I?

5. What does Locke show about the ideas people claim are innate?

(see the answer key)

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