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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 say is a philosopher's primary method, in Locke's account?
(a) Experimentation.
(b) Debate.
(c) Reflection.
(d) Analysis.

2. What branch of philosophy derives from Locke's ideas about pain and pleasure?
(a) Utilitarianism.
(b) Historicism.
(c) Existentialism.
(d) Socialism.

3. Where does Locke say we see the origin of our idea of number?
(a) Our bodies and minds.
(b) Flocks of geese.
(c) Trees in a forest.
(d) Grains of sand.

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

5. How does Locke define love?
(a) Reflecting on something that causes delight.
(b) Mingling pleasure and pain.
(c) Aspiring to improve oneself.
(d) Seeking pleasure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is reification?

2. In what way was Locke's perspective unique in the debate between free will and fate?

3. What does Locke say liberty is aimed at?

4. What does Locke say about the form of signs and words?

5. What does Locke say God gave man in order to fulfill his purpose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the correspondence theory of truth?

2. How do we arrive at the essence of an idea?

3. What do we do when we define a word, in Locke's account?

4. What is the debate between determinists and libertarians?

5. How does Locke suggest philosophers curb the abuse of words?

6. What does Locke say is the danger in man's freedom to use words however he likes?

7. What problem is Locke trying to address with his discussion of identity in consciousness and identity in body?

8. Why are most words general, according to Locke?

9. What does Locke say is the difference between a free will and a free agent?

10. Where do the notions of good and evil come from, in Locke's opinion?

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