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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 must be learned along with ideas?
(a) The morality of them.
(b) The words that refer to them.
(c) The consequences of them.
(d) The uses they can be put to.

2. How does Locke characterize perception?
(a) Basic.
(b) Incomplete.
(c) Complex.
(d) Self-aware.

3. Composition is the ability to do what, according to Locke?
(a) Combine ideas.
(b) Use ideas for practical purposes.
(c) Invent new ideas.
(d) Replace ideas with other ideas.

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

5. What qualities does Locke say things have?
(a) Primary and secondary.
(b) Essential and contingent.
(c) Practical and symbolic.
(d) Simple and complex.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke say ideas change over time?

2. Which predecessor is Locke attacking with his discussion of understanding?

3. Which concept was beyond the sphere of Locke's inquiry?

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

5. Where do primary qualities originate, according to Locke?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What arguments does Locke make against innate knowledge?

3. How does Locke define discerning?

4. What is the difference between sensation and reflection, in Locke's account?

5. How does Locke define the faculty of perception?

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

7. Describe Locke's account of the primary and secondary qualities of things.

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

9. How does Locke define abstraction?

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

(see the answer keys)

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