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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would you characterize Locke's description of knowledge in his introduction?
(a) Pragmatic.
(b) Relativist.
(c) Idealist.
(d) Absolutist.

2. What does Locke say about this standard for whether an idea is innate?
(a) He says it is a bird of a different color.
(b) He says that it is a kettle of fish.
(c) He says that it is too wide a net.
(d) He says that it is too high a hurdle to pass.

3. What example does Locke use for an idea that is innate?
(a) The idea that God is infallible.
(b) The idea that things cannot simultaneously be and not be.
(c) The idea that the earth is the center of the universe.
(d) The idea that man arose from apes through slow changes.

4. What does Locke say about the knowledge of how property rules should be established?
(a) It must be doubted.
(b) It must be learned.
(c) It must be established anew each generation.
(d) It should be scientifically evaluated.

5. Which concept was beyond the sphere of Locke's inquiry?
(a) What the mind is.
(b) Why some beliefs are better than others.
(c) Why we should or should not believe certain things.
(d) Where our beliefs come from.

Short Answer Questions

1. What consequence does the fact that knowledge is limited have on our knowledge, according to Locke?

2. Who proposed the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?

3. What is the limitation of understanding, according to Locke?

4. What limitation does Locke describe in human faculties?

5. What does Locke say is his purpose in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?

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