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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What defines a philosophical usage of a word, according to Locke?
(a) Highly specialized definitions.
(b) Essential, eternal meanings.
(c) Generally accepted definitions.
(d) Technical uses in court.

2. How does Locke define the essence of a thing?
(a) The being-in-time of each thing.
(b) The divine intention in every thing.
(c) The chemical composition of the thing.
(d) The properties that distinguish it from other similar things.

3. What is the effect of a passive power?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Determinism.
(c) Transformation of matter.
(d) Movement of matter.

4. What are people who believe in human freedom called?
(a) Relativists.
(b) Determinists.
(c) Fatalists.
(d) Libertarians.

5. What does Locke say allows us to see ourselves as free agents?
(a) Determinism.
(b) Fate.
(c) Desire.
(d) Will.

6. What does Locke say God gave man in order to fulfill his purpose?
(a) Images.
(b) Technology.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Words.

7. What can we talk about once we begin to abstract?
(a) Particular things.
(b) The context for things.
(c) Things in general.
(d) Essences of things.

8. How does Locke describe pleasure and pain?
(a) Unintelligible.
(b) Chaotic.
(c) Unstructured.
(d) Clear and powerful.

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

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

11. What is Locke really discussing in his discussion of pleasure and pain?
(a) Number.
(b) Variety.
(c) Complex modes of ideas.
(d) Morality.

12. How does Locke define will?
(a) Searching for one's temperament.
(b) Following one's impulses.
(c) Acting in accord with one's preferences.
(d) Letting fate make decisions.

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

14. What are all words generated by, in Locke's account?
(a) Experiences.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Chaos.

15. What does Locke say desires have in common?
(a) Ineffability.
(b) The ability to mitigate unease.
(c) A motivating force to alleviate discomfort.
(d) Unhappiness as a result.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Locke say we cannot have an innate morality?

2. What does Locke's discussion of number lead into a discussion of?

3. What happens to love over time, according to Locke?

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

5. Why don't most words refer to simple ideas, in Locke's account?

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