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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. What does Locke say about the difference between reflection and sensation?
(a) Reflection works first.
(b) They are mutually exclusive.
(c) Sensation provides material for reflection.
(d) They are not totally different.

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

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

4. Which is NOT a category of complex ideas, according to Locke?
(a) Relations.
(b) Substances.
(c) Styles.
(d) Modes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to a particular idea when you practice abstraction?

2. What does Locke describe the mind as?

3. What is substance, according to Locke?

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

5. What does Locke use as an example of abstraction?

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