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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Locke say perception creates?
(a) Experiences.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Language.

2. What does Locke describe in Book II?
(a) How understanding uses ideas.
(b) What the mind is.
(c) Whether ideas are innate.
(d) Whether ideas are moral.

3. What branch of philosophy derives from Locke's ideas about pain and pleasure?
(a) Historicism.
(b) Utilitarianism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Existentialism.

4. What does Locke say God gave man in order to fulfill his purpose?
(a) Technology.
(b) Words.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Images.

5. What does Locke say the mind is before it has experiences?
(a) A history of turmoil.
(b) A power keg.
(c) A set of dispositions.
(d) A white piece of paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to love over time, according to Locke?

2. What does Locke use an example to illustrate mode?

3. Composition is the ability to do what, according to Locke?

4. What defines a philosophical usage of a word, according to Locke?

5. How does Locke define complex ideas?

(see the answer key)

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