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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 use as an example of abstraction?
(a) People.
(b) Nature.
(c) History.
(d) Chairs.

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

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

4. How does Locke try to look at understanding?
(a) As the result of evolution.
(b) In a vacuum.
(c) Relative to the passions.
(d) Biologically.

5. What does Locke say was the second thing he wanted to study?
(a) How we know things.
(b) How the body registers knowledge.
(c) How the spirit reacts to knowledge.
(d) How we form beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Locke say ideas come from?

2. Which concept was beyond the sphere of Locke's inquiry?

3. What limitation does Locke describe in human faculties?

4. How does Locke define complex ideas?

5. What does Locke say is required for an idea to be innate?

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