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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 claim is Locke attacking in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?
(a) The claim to use pure reason in thinking.
(b) The claim that people can merge compassion and reason.
(c) The claim that people can introspect into understanding.
(d) The claim that people know the world solely through the senses.

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

3. How does Locke define the difference between freedom and will?
(a) Freedom is the ability to act; will is the freedom to choose.
(b) Freedom is riding light in the harness; will is the engine for progress.
(c) Freedom is the ability to act; will is a type of power.
(d) Freedom is the ability to let an internal power dictate one's actions; will is the source of the internal power.

4. What does Locke say pleasure and pain are the foundation for?
(a) God and religion.
(b) Culture.
(c) Good and evil.
(d) Language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the contemporary name for Locke's field of inquiry?

2. What is the limit toward which our idea of number extends, according to Locke?

3. What effect does desire have on men, according to Locke?

4. How does Locke say the concept of innate knowledge ultimately fails?

5. Where does understanding originate, according to Locke?

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