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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Locke describe the mind as?
(a) A battlefield.
(b) A library.
(c) A blank slate.
(d) A cultural storehouse.

2. What does Locke say retention allows us to do?
(a) Store ideas.
(b) Evaluate ideas.
(c) Organize ideas.
(d) Forget ideas.

3. How does Locke describe the work principles do?
(a) They define morals.
(b) They guide actions.
(c) They capture experiences.
(d) They determine laws.

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

5. Who proposed the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Plotinus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke define complex ideas?

2. What does Locke say number indicate about a thing?

3. How does Locke say ideas change over time?

4. What does Locke say about the difference between reflection and sensation?

5. How does Locke characterize perception?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Locke define practical principles?

2. What does Locke say about sensations experienced in the womb?

3. How does Locke define discerning?

4. Describe Locke's account of the primary and secondary qualities of things.

5. In what way is knowledge limited, according to Locke?

6. What arguments does Locke make against innate knowledge?

7. What is the difference between sensation and reflection, in Locke's account?

8. What is the difference between natural principles and innate principles?

9. How is duration developed from simple ideas, according to Locke?

10. What aspect of knowledge does Locke exclude from "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?

(see the answer keys)

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