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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is guilty of reification, according to Locke?
(a) Metaphysical philosophers.
(b) Materialist philosophers.
(c) Historians.
(d) Scientists.

2. Abstraction is the ability to do what, according to Locke?
(a) Turn an idea into a representative.
(b) Deduce a meaning from a category.
(c) Contradict an idea.
(d) See a concept in a sense experience.

3. What are modes, according to Locke?
(a) Methods of describing things.
(b) Opposites.
(c) Halves of a paradox.
(d) Combinations of substances.

4. How does Locke define judgment?
(a) The ability to discern truth from lies.
(b) The ability to find truth in evidence.
(c) The ability to agree to ideas without certain knowledge.
(d) The ability to reduce an argument to its core propositions.

5. Where does Locke say our ideas of morality come from?
(a) Acts and punishments.
(b) Gods and devils.
(c) Science and superstition.
(d) Pleasure and pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which predecessor is Locke attacking with his discussion of understanding?

2. For whom does Locke say national principles are natural?

3. What are people who believe in human freedom called?

4. What idea does Locke say we use when we define a horse?

5. What standard would an idea have to meet to be considered innate?

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