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

2. How does Locke define perception?
(a) Passive.
(b) Syncretic.
(c) Synthetic.
(d) Absolute.

3. Where do primary qualities originate, according to Locke?
(a) Interactions.
(b) Experiences.
(c) They do not originate.
(d) Things themselves.

4. What does Locke say about sensations that an infant feels in utero?
(a) They do not constitute innate knowledge.
(b) They must be un-learned.
(c) They form the instincts.
(d) They are the basis of innate knowledge.

5. Which is NOT a category of complex ideas, according to Locke?
(a) Modes.
(b) Styles.
(c) Substances.
(d) Relations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does NOT come from sensation, according to Locke?

2. What does Locke describe the mind as?

3. What does reflection create ideas out of?

4. Where does understanding originate, according to Locke?

5. How would you characterize Locke's description of knowledge in his introduction?

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