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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. Which predecessor is Locke attacking with his discussion of understanding?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Leibniz.
(c) Milton.
(d) Erasmus.

2. Where does Locke say ideas come from?
(a) Senses.
(b) Experience.
(c) Memory.
(d) Collective unconscious.

3. What does Locke describe in Book II?
(a) How understanding uses ideas.
(b) What the mind is.
(c) Whether ideas are moral.
(d) Whether ideas are innate.

4. What does Locke say about this standard for whether an idea is innate?
(a) He says it is a bird of a different color.
(b) He says that it is too wide a net.
(c) He says that it is a kettle of fish.
(d) He says that it is too high a hurdle to pass.

5. How does Locke describe the work principles do?
(a) They define morals.
(b) They determine laws.
(c) They capture experiences.
(d) They guide actions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the limitation of understanding, according to Locke?

2. To what does Locke attribute the ability to create technology and to organize our environment?

3. What is the contemporary name for Locke's field of inquiry?

4. What does Locke say the mind is before it has experiences?

5. What standard would an idea have to meet to be considered innate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Locke define practical principles?

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

3. Describe the two kinds of ideas Locke describes.

4. How does Locke define the faculty of perception?

5. What arguments does Locke make against Descartes' philosophy?

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

7. What aspect of knowledge does Locke exclude from "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?

8. How does Locke define abstraction?

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

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

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