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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. How does Locke say ideas change over time?
(a) They ossify.
(b) They degrade.
(c) They solidify.
(d) They loosen up.

2. What does Locke say number indicate about a thing?
(a) That it takes on a different shape in the aggregate.
(b) That it cannot be split without being a different thing.
(c) That it has the ability to replicate itself.
(d) How frequently it occurs.

3. How does Locke say an object's qualities can change?
(a) He says that things' qualities can change depending on who you talk to.
(b) He says that qualities can change upon reflection.
(c) He says that qualities can change in memory.
(d) He says that a thing's color can change in different light.

4. How does Locke define 'idea'?
(a) The object of understanding.
(b) The purpose of understanding.
(c) The source of understanding.
(d) The result of understanding.

5. What does Locke use an example to illustrate mode?
(a) Water.
(b) Science.
(c) Space.
(d) Time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say about sensations that an infant feels in utero?

2. What does Locke argue against in Chapter 2 of Book I?

3. What does reflection create ideas out of?

4. Discerning is the ability to do what, according to Locke?

5. How does Locke define complex ideas?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Locke set out to do in Book II?

3. How does Locke define retention?

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

5. What does Locke mean when he says that the mind is a blank slate?

6. How does Locke define abstraction?

7. In what way is understanding limited, according to Locke?

8. What benefits do humans receive from understanding, according to Locke?

9. How does Locke use the concept of number in his discussion of primary qualities?

10. What example does Locke use of natural principles?

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