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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 does Locke define complex ideas?
(a) Unresolved ideas out of which simple ideas come.
(b) The field of experience that inspires ideas.
(c) Combinations of simple ideas.
(d) Simple ideas that vary based on definitions.

2. What do we need to do with ideas over time, according to Locke?
(a) Renew them.
(b) Challenge them.
(c) Abandon them.
(d) Test them.

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

4. What does Locke say number indicate about a thing?
(a) That it has the ability to replicate itself.
(b) That it takes on a different shape in the aggregate.
(c) How frequently it occurs.
(d) That it cannot be split without being a different thing.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do ideas come from, according to Locke?

3. What does Locke say we do with ideas?

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

5. What does Locke use as an example of abstraction?

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