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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are modes, according to Locke?
(a) Methods of describing things.
(b) Opposites.
(c) Combinations of substances.
(d) Halves of a paradox.

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

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

4. How does Locke say people should use language?
(a) In ways that lead to interesting visions.
(b) In ways that express personality.
(c) In ways that can be understood.
(d) In ways that undermine received truths.

5. What does Locke say words refer to?
(a) Inner ideas.
(b) Things in the world.
(c) Experiences of pleasure and pain.
(d) Plants and animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke describe the work principles do?

2. What qualities does Locke say things have?

3. What do we have when an abstract idea cannot be broken down?

4. What branch of philosophy derives from Locke's ideas about pain and pleasure?

5. Where does Locke say we see the origin of our idea of number?

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