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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Locke try to look at understanding?
(a) Relative to the passions.
(b) Biologically.
(c) In a vacuum.
(d) As the result of evolution.

2. How does Locke describe the work principles do?
(a) They define morals.
(b) They guide actions.
(c) They determine laws.
(d) They capture experiences.

3. 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.

4. What does Locke claim separates mankind from all other creatures on earth?
(a) Envy.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Language.
(d) Understanding.

5. What does Locke say is his purpose in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?
(a) To reconcile the tension between modes of understanding.
(b) To pin down the mystical origins of understanding.
(c) To define a unified theory of understanding.
(d) To break understanding into its parts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say we do with ideas?

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

3. What limitation does Locke describe in human faculties?

4. Which concept was beyond the sphere of Locke's inquiry?

5. What consequence does the fact that knowledge is limited have on our knowledge, according to Locke?

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