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

2. What does Locke use as an example of abstraction?
(a) Chairs.
(b) Nature.
(c) People.
(d) History.

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

4. Which predecessor is Locke attacking with his discussion of understanding?
(a) Leibniz.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Erasmus.
(d) Milton.

5. What does Locke use an example to illustrate mode?
(a) Space.
(b) Science.
(c) Water.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke define complex ideas?

2. What does Locke claim separates mankind from all other creatures on earth?

3. What does Locke say must be learned along with ideas?

4. What does Locke say was the second thing he wanted to study?

5. What does Locke say about sensations that an infant feels in utero?

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