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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 about the form of signs and words?
(a) They are determined.
(b) They are innate.
(c) They are arbitrary.
(d) They are divine.

2. How does Locke resolve the contradiction between people who believe in free will and people who do not?
(a) He says that there is indeterminism on a sub-atomic level, that allows for free choice.
(b) He says that determinism is determined in free choices in every moment.
(c) He says that the world has choices, even if people do not.
(d) He says that people have a choice whether to follow their wills.

3. What does Locke say is a philosopher's primary method, in Locke's account?
(a) Experimentation.
(b) Analysis.
(c) Debate.
(d) Reflection.

4. What does Locke say allows us to see ourselves as free agents?
(a) Fate.
(b) Determinism.
(c) Desire.
(d) Will.

5. What does Locke say pleasure and pain are the foundation for?
(a) Culture.
(b) Good and evil.
(c) Language.
(d) God and religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are all words generated by, in Locke's account?

2. What happens to the man in the illustration?

3. Which is NOT a method Locke describes for forming a complex idea?

4. What does Locke say is another word for retention?

5. How does Locke define simple ideas?

(see the answer key)

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