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

2. What does Locke say is another word for retention?
(a) Wit.
(b) Ego.
(c) Memory.
(d) Intelligence.

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

4. 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 limits the fields in which we can know anything.
(d) It means that man has to devise better tools for experimenting.

5. What does Locke say perception creates?
(a) Language.
(b) Experiences.
(c) Symbols.
(d) Ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Locke use for an idea that is innate?

2. How does Locke handle the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?

3. What idea does NOT come from sensation, according to Locke?

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

5. What does Locke say justifies moral principles?

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