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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. Abstraction is the ability to do what, according to Locke?
(a) See a concept in a sense experience.
(b) Contradict an idea.
(c) Deduce a meaning from a category.
(d) Turn an idea into a representative.

2. What does Locke say we do with ideas?
(a) Aspire to them.
(b) Eat and digest them.
(c) Name and organize them.
(d) Doubt and hate.

3. What does Locke say about this standard for whether an idea is innate?
(a) He says that it is a kettle of fish.
(b) He says that it is too wide a net.
(c) He says that it is too high a hurdle to pass.
(d) He says it is a bird of a different color.

4. What does Locke say justifies moral principles?
(a) Mysteries.
(b) Politics.
(c) Innate knowledge.
(d) Reasons.

5. What does Locke say about sensations that an infant feels in utero?
(a) They must be un-learned.
(b) They do not constitute innate knowledge.
(c) They form the instincts.
(d) They are the basis of innate knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where do secondary qualities originate, according to Locke?

4. How would you characterize Locke's description of knowledge in his introduction?

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

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