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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. To what does Locke attribute the ability to create technology and to organize our environment?
(a) Science.
(b) Perception.
(c) Reason.
(d) Sensitivity.

2. What effect does desire have on men, according to Locke?
(a) Makes men satisfied.
(b) Makes men powerful.
(c) Makes men ambitious.
(d) Makes men unhappy.

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

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

5. What is Locke really discussing in his discussion of pleasure and pain?
(a) Variety.
(b) Complex modes of ideas.
(c) Number.
(d) Morality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke describe the mind as?

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

3. What limitation does Locke describe in human faculties?

4. What does Locke use as a definition of active powers?

5. How does Locke define complex ideas?

(see the answer key)

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