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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 about this standard for whether an idea is innate?
(a) He says it is a bird of a different color.
(b) He says that it is too high a hurdle to pass.
(c) He says that it is a kettle of fish.
(d) He says that it is too wide a net.

2. What does Locke say was the second thing he wanted to study?
(a) How the spirit reacts to knowledge.
(b) How we know things.
(c) How we form beliefs.
(d) How the body registers knowledge.

3. How does Locke handle the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?
(a) Locke says that doubt is for science, not philosophy.
(b) Locke says that certain things are known a priori.
(c) Locke says that doubt is the eternal enemy of knowledge.
(d) Locke says that understanding is divine and God is up to the job of inquiry.

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

5. What does Locke show about the ideas people claim are innate?
(a) That they are culturally relative.
(b) That not everyone believes them.
(c) That they are determined by cultural forces.
(d) That they are questionable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does understanding originate, according to Locke?

2. What is the limitation of understanding, according to Locke?

3. What does Locke say about sensations that an infant feels in utero?

4. What standard would an idea have to meet to be considered innate?

5. How does Locke say the concept of innate knowledge ultimately fails?

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