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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 would you characterize Locke's description of knowledge in his introduction?
(a) Relativist.
(b) Pragmatic.
(c) Idealist.
(d) Absolutist.

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

3. For whom does Locke say national principles are natural?
(a) Men.
(b) Grown men and women.
(c) Human beings.
(d) Children and idiost.

4. What consequence does the fact that knowledge is limited have on our knowledge, according to Locke?
(a) It limits the fields in which we can know anything.
(b) It obligates people to constant conversation.
(c) It means that man has to devise better tools for experimenting.
(d) It does not invalidate it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What standard would an idea have to meet to be considered innate?

2. What does Locke say perception creates?

3. Discerning is the ability to do what, according to Locke?

4. What claim is Locke attacking in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?

5. Where does Locke say ideas come from?

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