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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Locke say each distinct idea is?
(a) A general idea.
(b) An essence.
(c) A simple idea.
(d) A word.

2. What does Locke say is the purpose of language?
(a) Diplomacy.
(b) Conflict resolution.
(c) Communication.
(d) Prayer.

3. How does Locke define intuitive knowledge?
(a) Knowledge based on deduction and inference.
(b) Knowledge we can perceive directly as true or false.
(c) Knowledge based on experiments.
(d) Knowledge based on metaphysical experience.

4. What does Locke say is his purpose in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?
(a) To reconcile the tension between modes of understanding.
(b) To define a unified theory of understanding.
(c) To break understanding into its parts.
(d) To pin down the mystical origins of understanding.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say faith requires?

2. What do we have when a word can no longer be defined, according to Locke?

3. What idea does Locke say we use when we define a horse?

4. What does Locke use to illustrate the difference between freedom and fate?

5. How does Locke define complex ideas?

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