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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 the contemporary name for Locke's field of inquiry?
(a) Epistemology.
(b) Existentialism.
(c) Ontology.
(d) Comparative religion.

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

3. What does Locke say retention allows us to do?
(a) Organize ideas.
(b) Evaluate ideas.
(c) Forget ideas.
(d) Store ideas.

4. What does reflection create ideas out of?
(a) The mind's own operations.
(b) Language itself.
(c) Sensation.
(d) History.

5. To what does Locke attribute the ability to create technology and to organize our environment?
(a) Sensitivity.
(b) Science.
(c) Perception.
(d) Reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Locke say ideas come from?

2. Where does Locke say ideas come from?

3. What is substance, according to Locke?

4. What does Locke say perception creates?

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

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