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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Locke define the difference between freedom and will?
(a) Freedom is the ability to act; will is the freedom to choose.
(b) Freedom is riding light in the harness; will is the engine for progress.
(c) Freedom is the ability to let an internal power dictate one's actions; will is the source of the internal power.
(d) Freedom is the ability to act; will is a type of power.

3. What do we have when an abstract idea cannot be broken down?
(a) Simple ideas.
(b) Detailed words.
(c) Complex ideas.
(d) Distinct ideas.

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

5. What is the limit toward which our idea of number extends, according to Locke?
(a) Ultimate variety.
(b) One.
(c) Infinity.
(d) Zero.

6. What modern movement did Locke prefigure in his arguments about philosophical language?
(a) Ontology.
(b) Relativists.
(c) Deconstruction.
(d) Ordinary language philosophy.

7. What would happen if words referred to particular things, in Locke's opinion?
(a) No one would know that classes of things existed.
(b) Everyone would need to be an even larger language for classes of things.
(c) No one would understand each other's vocabulary.
(d) There would have to be a word for each thing.

8. What consequence does Locke describe if there were individual words for each thing?
(a) Politics would be chaotic.
(b) Knowledge would be impeded.
(c) Trade would be impossible.
(d) Economies would remain simple.

9. What does Locke say about the form of signs and words?
(a) They are innate.
(b) They are divine.
(c) They are determined.
(d) They are arbitrary.

10. What does Locke's discussion of number lead into a discussion of?
(a) Constructing simple modes.
(b) Constructing complex modes.
(c) Seeing points of view.
(d) Reflecting on numbers.

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

12. What does Locke say each distinct idea is?
(a) An essence.
(b) A general idea.
(c) A word.
(d) A simple idea.

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

14. What do we have when a word can no longer be defined, according to Locke?
(a) Experience.
(b) Simple ideas.
(c) Visions.
(d) The essence of an idea.

15. What does Locke use as a definition of active powers?
(a) Luck.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Will or volition.
(d) Heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has God formed man, according to Locke?

2. What does Locke say desires have in common?

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

4. What happens to the man in the illustration?

5. What does Locke say liberty is aimed at?

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