View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Locke say ideas come from?
(a) Senses.
(b) Memory.
(c) Experience.
(d) Collective unconscious.

3. How does Locke describe the work principles do?
(a) They capture experiences.
(b) They determine laws.
(c) They define morals.
(d) They guide actions.

4. How does Locke resolve the contradiction between people who believe in free will and people who do not?
(a) He says that the world has choices, even if people do not.
(b) He says that determinism is determined in free choices in every moment.
(c) He says that there is indeterminism on a sub-atomic level, that allows for free choice.
(d) He says that people have a choice whether to follow their wills.

5. What does Locke say desires have in common?
(a) A motivating force to alleviate discomfort.
(b) Unhappiness as a result.
(c) Ineffability.
(d) The ability to mitigate unease.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that contributed to the pervasiveness of language, in Locke's account?

2. What makes philosophers think that people do not have free will?

3. What idea does Locke say we use when we define a horse?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 257 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample