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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 standard would an idea have to meet to be considered innate?
(a) It would have to be approved by a majority.
(b) Everyone would have to believe it.
(c) It would be secret and unspoken.
(d) No one would be able to capture or limit it.

2. How does Locke define perception?
(a) Absolute.
(b) Syncretic.
(c) Passive.
(d) Synthetic.

3. How are primary qualities different from secondary qualities?
(a) Primary qualities are the unification of all the secondary qualities.
(b) Secondary qualities depend on something innate about the thing.
(c) Secondary qualities will not change.
(d) Primary qualities will not change.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke describe experience?

2. What does Locke show about the ideas people claim are innate?

3. How does Locke use garlic to illustrate his argument about the qualities of things?

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

5. What does Locke say number indicate about a thing?

(see the answer key)

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