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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is substance, according to Locke?
(a) The abstraction of a thing.
(b) The essence of a thing.
(c) Separation between things.
(d) The history of a thing.

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

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

4. How does Locke define complex ideas?
(a) Combinations of simple ideas.
(b) Unresolved ideas out of which simple ideas come.
(c) Simple ideas that vary based on definitions.
(d) The field of experience that inspires ideas.

5. What does Locke say number indicate about a thing?
(a) That it takes on a different shape in the aggregate.
(b) That it cannot be split without being a different thing.
(c) How frequently it occurs.
(d) That it has the ability to replicate itself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT a method Locke describes for forming a complex idea?

2. How does Locke define simple ideas?

3. What does Locke say perception creates?

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

5. What does Locke use an example to illustrate mode?

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