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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 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 break understanding into its parts.
(d) To define a unified theory of understanding.

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

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

4. Which is NOT a method Locke describes for forming a complex idea?
(a) Abstracting from a simple idea into a general idea.
(b) Combing several simple ideas into a new, complex idea.
(c) Bringing two simple ideas together without uniting them.
(d) Deriving an idea from a sense experience.

5. How does Locke describe experience?
(a) The consequence of knowledge.
(b) The only foundation for knowledge.
(c) The least important component in knowledge.
(d) One of the ingredients of knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do secondary qualities originate, according to Locke?

3. What does Locke say the mind is before it has experiences?

4. What quality does Locke say innate principles lack?

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

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