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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 say about the difference between reflection and sensation?
(a) They are mutually exclusive.
(b) Sensation provides material for reflection.
(c) They are not totally different.
(d) Reflection works first.

2. What is a power, according to Locke?
(a) Something that can make a change in the world.
(b) Something that liberates people from fate.
(c) Something that moves things in natural cycles.
(d) Something that acts as fate for people.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can we talk about once we begin to abstract?

2. What defines a philosophical usage of a word, according to Locke?

3. How does Locke handle the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?

4. Where does Locke say our idea of number comes from?

5. Where does understanding originate, according to Locke?

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