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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 16-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the limitation of understanding, according to Locke?
(a) It cannot reckon things that cannot be perceived.
(b) We do not always know how to distinguish it from faith.
(c) We cannot use it in religion or spirituality.
(d) We cannot turn it against itself.

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

3. How does Locke define desire?
(a) The projection of happiness on things outside the self.
(b) The urgent need to merge with something outside the self.
(c) The need to return to a previous bliss.
(d) The force that moves the world.

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

5. What example does Locke use for an idea that is innate?
(a) The idea that God is infallible.
(b) The idea that the earth is the center of the universe.
(c) The idea that things cannot simultaneously be and not be.
(d) The idea that man arose from apes through slow changes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we need to do with ideas over time, according to Locke?

2. How does Locke define love?

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

4. What is substance, according to Locke?

5. What does Locke say is required for an idea to be innate?

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