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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 happens to love over time, according to Locke?
(a) Like other ideas, it fades unless it is renewed.
(b) Unlike other ideas, it remains constant if it is true.
(c) It creates freedom.
(d) It leads to marriage and commitment in acts.

2. What are people who do not believe in free will called?
(a) Determinists.
(b) Ontologists.
(c) Fatalists.
(d) Relativists.

3. What does Locke say is required for an idea to be innate?
(a) There can only be one explanation for it.
(b) No objections should exist to it.
(c) It cannot be arrived at through sensory means.
(d) It must be believed by everyone.

4. Discerning is the ability to do what, according to Locke?
(a) Evaluate the propriety of things.
(b) Correct one's ideas.
(c) Distinguish between things.
(d) Test an idea's truth value.

5. How does Locke describe reflection?
(a) As the mind's sensation of itself.
(b) As the engine for language.
(c) As the history of sense experiences.
(d) As the patterns sense experiences make.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say we do with ideas?

2. Where does Locke say our idea of number comes from?

3. Which predecessor is Locke attacking with his discussion of understanding?

4. Where does Locke say our ideas of morality come from?

5. What does Locke's discussion of number lead into a discussion of?

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