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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 about the difference between reflection and sensation?
(a) Sensation provides material for reflection.
(b) Reflection works first.
(c) They are not totally different.
(d) They are mutually exclusive.

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

3. What do we need to do with ideas over time, according to Locke?
(a) Abandon them.
(b) Renew them.
(c) Test them.
(d) Challenge them.

4. How does Locke handle the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?
(a) Locke says that doubt is the eternal enemy of knowledge.
(b) Locke says that understanding is divine and God is up to the job of inquiry.
(c) Locke says that doubt is for science, not philosophy.
(d) Locke says that certain things are known a priori.

5. What does Locke say perception creates?
(a) Experiences.
(b) Symbols.
(c) Language.
(d) Ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke characterize perception?

2. How does Locke describe reflection?

3. What does Locke describe in Book II?

4. What are modes, according to Locke?

5. What example does Locke use for an idea that is innate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the two kinds of ideas Locke describes.

2. What does Locke say about the innateness of moral principles?

3. How does Locke define practical principles?

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

5. What does Locke say happens if two people have the same idea about a thing?

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

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

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

9. How does Locke define abstraction?

10. What arguments does Locke make against innate knowledge?

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