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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the consequence of using words to refer to personal ideas, according to Locke?
(a) Prophesy.
(b) Unintelligibility.
(c) Art.
(d) Madness.

2. How does Locke describe pleasure and pain?
(a) Unintelligible.
(b) Unstructured.
(c) Clear and powerful.
(d) Chaotic.

3. What is the effect of a passive power?
(a) Determinism.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Transformation of matter.
(d) Movement of matter.

4. What does Locke say liberty is aimed at?
(a) Compassion for others.
(b) Pursuit of profit.
(c) Relief of suffering.
(d) Pursuit of happiness.

5. What can we talk about once we begin to abstract?
(a) Things in general.
(b) Essences of things.
(c) Particular things.
(d) The context for things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say about the difference between reflection and sensation?

2. How does Locke define perception?

3. How does Locke define passive powers?

4. How does Locke use garlic to illustrate his argument about the qualities of things?

5. What does Locke's discussion of number lead into a discussion of?

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