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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 use garlic to illustrate his argument about the qualities of things?
(a) Garlic has cleaning properties in addition to nutritional uses.
(b) Different cultures use it for different things.
(c) The taste is different if it is cooked.
(d) Garlic has many different stages of development.

2. What does Locke say about this standard for whether an idea is innate?
(a) He says that it is a kettle of fish.
(b) He says that it is too high a hurdle to pass.
(c) He says it is a bird of a different color.
(d) He says that it is too wide a net.

3. How does Locke say an object's qualities can change?
(a) He says that things' qualities can change depending on who you talk to.
(b) He says that qualities can change upon reflection.
(c) He says that a thing's color can change in different light.
(d) He says that qualities can change in memory.

4. How does Locke say ideas change over time?
(a) They ossify.
(b) They loosen up.
(c) They degrade.
(d) They solidify.

5. What does Locke show about the ideas people claim are innate?
(a) That they are determined by cultural forces.
(b) That not everyone believes them.
(c) That they are culturally relative.
(d) That they are questionable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is NOT a category of complex ideas, according to Locke?

3. How does Locke define complex ideas?

4. What does Locke say about the difference between reflection and sensation?

5. How does Locke handle the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?

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