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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 means that man has to devise better tools for experimenting.
(c) It limits the fields in which we can know anything.
(d) It does not invalidate it.

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

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

4. What is the contemporary name for Locke's field of inquiry?
(a) Comparative religion.
(b) Ontology.
(c) Epistemology.
(d) Existentialism.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which predecessor is Locke attacking with his discussion of understanding?

4. What does Locke say justifies moral principles?

5. For whom does Locke say national principles are natural?

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