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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 perception creates?
(a) Symbols.
(b) Language.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Experiences.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke say an object's qualities can change?

2. How does Locke characterize perception?

3. How does Locke describe experience?

4. What consequence does the fact that knowledge is limited have on our knowledge, according to Locke?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Locke define discerning?

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

3. How does Locke define the faculty of perception?

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

5. What arguments does Locke make against innate knowledge?

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

7. What example does Locke use of natural principles?

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

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

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

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