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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worry does Locke describe?
(a) That knowledge might be strictly personal.
(b) That knowledge might not apply in the future.
(c) That knowledge might be from dreams.
(d) That knowledge might be from the devil.

2. What are all words generated by, in Locke's account?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Experiences.
(d) Ideas.

3. What relationship does Book IV have to the earlier parts of the book?
(a) Book IV refutes arguments presented in the previous books.
(b) Book IV reflects on the methods used in the previous books.
(c) Book IV changes to a different subject.
(d) Book IV builds on the terms he defines.

4. How does Locke limit what knowledge can be?
(a) We can only know things that can be translated into any language.
(b) We can only know things we can perceive.
(c) We can only know things we have witnessed personally.
(d) We can only know things we can describe.

5. What do we have when an abstract idea cannot be broken down?
(a) Detailed words.
(b) Complex ideas.
(c) Simple ideas.
(d) Distinct ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say allows us to see ourselves as free agents?

2. Where does Locke say ideas come from?

3. What does Locke say is the clearest kind of knowledge?

4. What form do propositions typically have, according to Locke?

5. What does Locke say number indicate about a thing?

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