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

2. How does Locke say the concept of innate knowledge ultimately fails?
(a) The genes cannot be made to demonstrate the origins of knowledge.
(b) Knowledge can only be known through language and symbols.
(c) Even instincts require reinforcement.
(d) People have different ideas of the terms in any proposition.

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

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

5. Which is NOT a method Locke describes for forming a complex idea?
(a) Deriving an idea from a sense experience.
(b) Abstracting from a simple idea into a general idea.
(c) Bringing two simple ideas together without uniting them.
(d) Combing several simple ideas into a new, complex idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke use as an example of abstraction?

2. What are modes, according to Locke?

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

4. What does Locke say must be learned along with ideas?

5. How does Locke define simple ideas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Locke define the faculty of perception?

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

5. How does Locke define discerning?

6. What arguments does Locke make against innate knowledge?

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

8. What example does Locke use of natural principles?

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

10. What does Locke say about sensations experienced in the womb?

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