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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 are modes, according to Locke?
(a) Opposites.
(b) Combinations of substances.
(c) Halves of a paradox.
(d) Methods of describing things.

2. How does Locke describe reflection?
(a) As the history of sense experiences.
(b) As the patterns sense experiences make.
(c) As the engine for language.
(d) As the mind's sensation of itself.

3. What quality does Locke say innate principles lack?
(a) Universal consent.
(b) Translatability.
(c) Presentability.
(d) Variability.

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

5. Where do secondary qualities originate, according to Locke?
(a) In the universe.
(b) Things themselves.
(c) Historical narratives.
(d) Interactions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the contemporary name for Locke's field of inquiry?

2. How does Locke say the concept of innate knowledge ultimately fails?

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

4. Abstraction is the ability to do what, according to Locke?

5. How does Locke define perception?

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