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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 an example to illustrate mode?
(a) Water.
(b) Space.
(c) Time.
(d) Science.

2. What does Locke describe in Book II?
(a) What the mind is.
(b) Whether ideas are innate.
(c) Whether ideas are moral.
(d) How understanding uses ideas.

3. Where does Locke say ideas come from?
(a) Collective unconscious.
(b) Memory.
(c) Senses.
(d) Experience.

4. What does Locke show about the ideas people claim are innate?
(a) That they are culturally relative.
(b) That they are determined by cultural forces.
(c) That not everyone believes them.
(d) That they are questionable.

5. What does Locke say the mind is before it has experiences?
(a) A power keg.
(b) A white piece of paper.
(c) A history of turmoil.
(d) A set of dispositions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does NOT come from sensation, according to Locke?

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

3. What does Locke say retention allows us to do?

4. What example does Locke use for an idea that is innate?

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

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