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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 argue against in Chapter 2 of Book I?
(a) The idea of transubstantiation.
(b) The idea of cultural relativism.
(c) The idea of original sin.
(d) The idea of innate knowledge.

2. What does Locke say was the second thing he wanted to study?
(a) How we know things.
(b) How we form beliefs.
(c) How the body registers knowledge.
(d) How the spirit reacts to knowledge.

3. What does Locke say is ultimately grounded in pleasure and pain?
(a) Faith.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Morality.
(d) Aesthetics.

4. How does Locke define will?
(a) Acting in accord with one's preferences.
(b) Following one's impulses.
(c) Letting fate make decisions.
(d) Searching for one's temperament.

5. What would happen if words referred to particular things, in Locke's opinion?
(a) No one would know that classes of things existed.
(b) Everyone would need to be an even larger language for classes of things.
(c) There would have to be a word for each thing.
(d) No one would understand each other's vocabulary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke describe the work principles do?

2. When does desire become action, in Locke's opinion?

3. What does Locke say words refer to?

4. What does Locke say God gave man in order to fulfill his purpose?

5. Where does Locke say ideas come from?

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