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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 does Locke say must be learned along with ideas?
(a) The words that refer to them.
(b) The uses they can be put to.
(c) The consequences of them.
(d) The morality of them.

2. How would you characterize Locke's description of knowledge in his introduction?
(a) Absolutist.
(b) Idealist.
(c) Relativist.
(d) Pragmatic.

3. How does Locke describe experience?
(a) The consequence of knowledge.
(b) One of the ingredients of knowledge.
(c) The least important component in knowledge.
(d) The only foundation for knowledge.

4. What does Locke claim separates mankind from all other creatures on earth?
(a) Envy.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Language.

5. What does Locke describe the mind as?
(a) A blank slate.
(b) A battlefield.
(c) A library.
(d) A cultural storehouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say the mind is before it has experiences?

2. Discerning is the ability to do what, according to Locke?

3. Which is NOT a method Locke describes for forming a complex idea?

4. How does Locke say ideas change over time?

5. What do cause and effect derive from according to Locke?

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