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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 1-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Locke say the concept of innate knowledge ultimately fails?
(a) Even instincts require reinforcement.
(b) People have different ideas of the terms in any proposition.
(c) The genes cannot be made to demonstrate the origins of knowledge.
(d) Knowledge can only be known through language and symbols.

2. Which is NOT a method Locke describes for forming a complex idea?
(a) Deriving an idea from a sense experience.
(b) Bringing two simple ideas together without uniting them.
(c) Combing several simple ideas into a new, complex idea.
(d) Abstracting from a simple idea into a general idea.

3. How does Locke describe experience?
(a) The only foundation for knowledge.
(b) The least important component in knowledge.
(c) One of the ingredients of knowledge.
(d) The consequence of knowledge.

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

5. How does Locke say ideas change over time?
(a) They degrade.
(b) They solidify.
(c) They ossify.
(d) They loosen up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do primary qualities originate, according to Locke?

2. Where does Locke say ideas come from?

3. What claim is Locke attacking in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?

4. What did Locke study first?

5. How does Locke define complex ideas?

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