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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 about the knowledge of how property rules should be established?
(a) It should be scientifically evaluated.
(b) It must be established anew each generation.
(c) It must be learned.
(d) It must be doubted.

2. What consequence does the fact that knowledge is limited have on our knowledge, according to Locke?
(a) It limits the fields in which we can know anything.
(b) It does not invalidate it.
(c) It means that man has to devise better tools for experimenting.
(d) It obligates people to constant conversation.

3. How does Locke say ideas change over time?
(a) They ossify.
(b) They degrade.
(c) They solidify.
(d) They loosen up.

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

5. Where do primary qualities originate, according to Locke?
(a) Things themselves.
(b) They do not originate.
(c) Experiences.
(d) Interactions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke define desire?

2. How does Locke define complex ideas?

3. Which concept was beyond the sphere of Locke's inquiry?

4. How does Locke describe pleasure and pain?

5. What limitation does Locke describe in human faculties?

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