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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 branch of philosophy derives from Locke's ideas about pain and pleasure?
(a) Existentialism.
(b) Historicism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Utilitarianism.

2. What does Locke show about the ideas people claim are innate?
(a) That not everyone believes them.
(b) That they are determined by cultural forces.
(c) That they are culturally relative.
(d) That they are questionable.

3. Which concept was beyond the sphere of Locke's inquiry?
(a) Why we should or should not believe certain things.
(b) Where our beliefs come from.
(c) What the mind is.
(d) Why some beliefs are better than others.

4. What does Locke say about the difference between reflection and sensation?
(a) They are not totally different.
(b) Reflection works first.
(c) They are mutually exclusive.
(d) Sensation provides material for reflection.

5. What does Locke say is another word for retention?
(a) Ego.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Wit.
(d) Memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a power, according to Locke?

2. What does Locke use as an example of abstraction?

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

4. What does Locke say perception creates?

5. What is the limitation of understanding, according to Locke?

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