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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 the effect of a passive power?
(a) Determinism.
(b) Transformation of matter.
(c) Movement of matter.
(d) Freedom.

2. What is the contemporary name for Locke's field of inquiry?
(a) Comparative religion.
(b) Existentialism.
(c) Epistemology.
(d) Ontology.

3. How does Locke define truth in an idea?
(a) An idea corresponds to the world.
(b) Educated people can see the truth.
(c) The truth is self-evident.
(d) Proof can be shown mathematically.

4. What does Locke say liberty is aimed at?
(a) Pursuit of profit.
(b) Compassion for others.
(c) Relief of suffering.
(d) Pursuit of happiness.

5. Which is NOT a method Locke describes for forming a complex idea?
(a) Combing several simple ideas into a new, complex idea.
(b) Bringing two simple ideas together without uniting them.
(c) Abstracting from a simple idea into a general idea.
(d) Deriving an idea from a sense experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say desires have in common?

2. What does Locke say about sensations that an infant feels in utero?

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

4. What did Locke study first?

5. Who is guilty of reification, according to Locke?

(see the answer key)

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