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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Locke say our ideas of morality come from?
(a) Gods and devils.
(b) Pleasure and pain.
(c) Acts and punishments.
(d) Science and superstition.

2. What do we need to do with ideas over time, according to Locke?
(a) Abandon them.
(b) Renew them.
(c) Test them.
(d) Challenge them.

3. Where do secondary qualities originate, according to Locke?
(a) In the universe.
(b) Historical narratives.
(c) Interactions.
(d) Things themselves.

4. How does Locke define the essence of a thing?
(a) The properties that distinguish it from other similar things.
(b) The being-in-time of each thing.
(c) The chemical composition of the thing.
(d) The divine intention in every thing.

5. How does Locke define truth in an idea?
(a) Educated people can see the truth.
(b) The truth is self-evident.
(c) An idea corresponds to the world.
(d) Proof can be shown mathematically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes philosophers think that people do not have free will?

2. What is the consequence of using words to refer to personal ideas, according to Locke?

3. What is the only object the mind and its faculties of understanding have, according to Locke?

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

5. What happens when you strip away all the details of a thing, in Locke's account?

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