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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Locke say we use when we define a word?
(a) A memory of pleasure or pain.
(b) A prophecy.
(c) The next general word.
(d) An image.

2. What does Locke say about the form of signs and words?
(a) They are divine.
(b) They are innate.
(c) They are determined.
(d) They are arbitrary.

3. What does Locke say justifies moral principles?
(a) Mysteries.
(b) Reasons.
(c) Politics.
(d) Innate knowledge.

4. Where does Locke say our idea of number comes from?
(a) Our idea of variety.
(b) Our idea of derivation.
(c) Our idea of origins.
(d) Our idea of unity.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Locke characterize perception?

3. What happens when you strip away all the details of a thing, in Locke's account?

4. What limitation does Locke describe in human faculties?

5. What does Locke claim separates mankind from all other creatures on earth?

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