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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Locke say we do with ideas?
(a) Name and organize them.
(b) Doubt and hate.
(c) Eat and digest them.
(d) Aspire to them.

2. What is the limitation of understanding, according to Locke?
(a) It cannot reckon things that cannot be perceived.
(b) We do not always know how to distinguish it from faith.
(c) We cannot turn it against itself.
(d) We cannot use it in religion or spirituality.

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

4. How does Locke say the concept of innate knowledge ultimately fails?
(a) Knowledge can only be known through language and symbols.
(b) The genes cannot be made to demonstrate the origins of knowledge.
(c) People have different ideas of the terms in any proposition.
(d) Even instincts require reinforcement.

5. What claim is Locke attacking in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?
(a) The claim that people can merge compassion and reason.
(b) The claim that people can introspect into understanding.
(c) The claim to use pure reason in thinking.
(d) The claim that people know the world solely through the senses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Locke say ideas come from?

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

3. What does Locke claim separates mankind from all other creatures on earth?

4. What limitation does Locke describe in human faculties?

5. What does Locke say is his purpose in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?

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