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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 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.

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

3. Whose understanding measures whether an idea is innate, according to Locke?
(a) Adult males only.
(b) Animals.
(c) Children and idiots.
(d) Angels.

4. What standard would an idea have to meet to be considered innate?
(a) It would have to be approved by a majority.
(b) It would be secret and unspoken.
(c) Everyone would have to believe it.
(d) No one would be able to capture or limit it.

5. Which predecessor is Locke attacking with his discussion of understanding?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Erasmus.
(c) Leibniz.
(d) Milton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say about the knowledge of how property rules should be established?

2. Where does Locke say ideas come from?

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

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

5. How does Locke define 'idea'?

(see the answer key)

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