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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does desire have on men, according to Locke?
(a) Makes men satisfied.
(b) Makes men ambitious.
(c) Makes men unhappy.
(d) Makes men powerful.

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

3. Whose understanding measures whether an idea is innate, according to Locke?
(a) Adult males only.
(b) Animals.
(c) Children and idiots.
(d) Angels.

4. How does Locke define the difference between freedom and will?
(a) Freedom is the ability to act; will is the freedom to choose.
(b) Freedom is riding light in the harness; will is the engine for progress.
(c) Freedom is the ability to act; will is a type of power.
(d) Freedom is the ability to let an internal power dictate one's actions; will is the source of the internal power.

5. How does Locke use walnuts to illustrate the qualities of things?
(a) Walnuts look different than grown walnut trees.
(b) Walnuts are seeds for trees but food for animals.
(c) Crushed walnuts will look different than whole walnuts.
(d) Walnuts are different at different stages of their development.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke define truth in an idea?

2. How does Locke say people should use language?

3. How does Locke describe reflection?

4. What does Locke describe in Book II?

5. What does Locke say is another word for retention?

(see the answer key)

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