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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that contributed to the pervasiveness of language, in Locke's account?
(a) Legal disputes.
(b) Dictionaries.
(c) The simplicity of grammar.
(d) The use of general terms.

2. How does Locke say the concept of innate knowledge ultimately fails?
(a) People have different ideas of the terms in any proposition.
(b) The genes cannot be made to demonstrate the origins of knowledge.
(c) Knowledge can only be known through language and symbols.
(d) Even instincts require reinforcement.

3. How does Locke define love?
(a) Reflecting on something that causes delight.
(b) Seeking pleasure.
(c) Mingling pleasure and pain.
(d) Aspiring to improve oneself.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How can we understand the properties of things, according to Locke?

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

3. Where does Locke say our ideas of morality come from?

4. How does Locke define truth in an idea?

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

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