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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 reflection create ideas out of?
(a) Language itself.
(b) Sensation.
(c) History.
(d) The mind's own operations.

2. Where do primary qualities originate, according to Locke?
(a) Experiences.
(b) They do not originate.
(c) Interactions.
(d) Things themselves.

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

4. Where do secondary qualities originate, according to Locke?
(a) Historical narratives.
(b) Things themselves.
(c) Interactions.
(d) In the universe.

5. What does Locke say is another word for retention?
(a) Wit.
(b) Ego.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has God formed man, according to Locke?

2. How does Locke define desire?

3. What does Locke say desires have in common?

4. What modern movement did Locke prefigure in his arguments about philosophical language?

5. What quality does Locke say innate principles lack?

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