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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) Knowledge can only be known through language and symbols.
(d) The genes cannot be made to demonstrate the origins of knowledge.

2. What consequence does the fact that knowledge is limited have on our knowledge, according to Locke?
(a) It obligates people to constant conversation.
(b) It does not invalidate it.
(c) It means that man has to devise better tools for experimenting.
(d) It limits the fields in which we can know anything.

3. Discerning is the ability to do what, according to Locke?
(a) Evaluate the propriety of things.
(b) Test an idea's truth value.
(c) Correct one's ideas.
(d) Distinguish between things.

4. How does Locke define 'idea'?
(a) The object of understanding.
(b) The source of understanding.
(c) The result of understanding.
(d) The purpose of understanding.

5. How does Locke use garlic to illustrate his argument about the qualities of things?
(a) Garlic has many different stages of development.
(b) Different cultures use it for different things.
(c) Garlic has cleaning properties in addition to nutritional uses.
(d) The taste is different if it is cooked.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke define simple ideas?

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

3. What are modes, according to Locke?

4. Where do secondary qualities originate, according to Locke?

5. What does Locke claim separates mankind from all other creatures on earth?

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