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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. How does Locke define simple ideas?
(a) They cannot be presented in language.
(b) They can only be seen in behavior.
(c) They cannot be broken down into parts.
(d) They cannot be built upon.

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

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

4. What does Locke say liberty is aimed at?
(a) Compassion for others.
(b) Pursuit of profit.
(c) Relief of suffering.
(d) Pursuit of happiness.

5. What do cause and effect derive from according to Locke?
(a) Freedom and fate.
(b) Cause and effect.
(c) Pain and pleasure.
(d) Good and evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What branch of philosophy derives from Locke's ideas about pain and pleasure?

2. How does Locke define 'idea'?

3. Composition is the ability to do what, according to Locke?

4. Where do ideas come from, according to Locke?

5. What does Locke say pleasure and pain are the foundation for?

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