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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II, Chapters 16-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose understanding measures whether an idea is innate, according to Locke?
(a) Children and idiots.
(b) Adult males only.
(c) Animals.
(d) Angels.

3. What are people who do not believe in free will called?
(a) Determinists.
(b) Fatalists.
(c) Relativists.
(d) Ontologists.

4. What happens to love over time, according to Locke?
(a) Like other ideas, it fades unless it is renewed.
(b) Unlike other ideas, it remains constant if it is true.
(c) It leads to marriage and commitment in acts.
(d) It creates freedom.

5. What does Locke use an example to illustrate mode?
(a) Space.
(b) Science.
(c) Water.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is NOT a category of complex ideas, according to Locke?

3. What does Locke say allows us to see ourselves as free agents?

4. What does Locke say liberty is aimed at?

5. How does Locke define love?

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