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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Locke define perception?
(a) Absolute.
(b) Passive.
(c) Synthetic.
(d) Syncretic.

2. 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 the ability to act; will is a type of power.
(c) Freedom is riding light in the harness; will is the engine for progress.
(d) Freedom is the ability to let an internal power dictate one's actions; will is the source of the internal power.

3. Where do ideas come from, according to Locke?
(a) Sense experiences.
(b) History.
(c) Genes.
(d) The mind itself.

4. To what does Locke attribute the ability to create technology and to organize our environment?
(a) Perception.
(b) Reason.
(c) Sensitivity.
(d) Science.

5. What is reification?
(a) Seeing words as people.
(b) Seeing words as money.
(c) Seeing words as objects.
(d) Seeing words as things to be exchanged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say each distinct idea is?

2. How are primary qualities different from secondary qualities?

3. What does Locke say desires have in common?

4. What is the philosopher's most important job, according to Locke?

5. Where does Locke say we see the origin of our idea of number?

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