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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 substance, according to Locke?
(a) The history of a thing.
(b) The abstraction of a thing.
(c) Separation between things.
(d) The essence of a thing.

2. For whom does Locke say national principles are natural?
(a) Grown men and women.
(b) Human beings.
(c) Children and idiost.
(d) Men.

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

4. What does Locke say is his purpose in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?
(a) To reconcile the tension between modes of understanding.
(b) To break understanding into its parts.
(c) To pin down the mystical origins of understanding.
(d) To define a unified theory of understanding.

5. What do we have when a word can no longer be defined, according to Locke?
(a) Visions.
(b) The essence of an idea.
(c) Simple ideas.
(d) Experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say each distinct idea is?

2. How does Locke characterize perception?

3. What happens to a particular idea when you practice abstraction?

4. How does Locke say an object's qualities can change?

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

(see the answer key)

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