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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 consequence does the fact that knowledge is limited have on our knowledge, according to Locke?
(a) It obligates people to constant conversation.
(b) It does not invalidate it.
(c) It limits the fields in which we can know anything.
(d) It means that man has to devise better tools for experimenting.

2. Where does understanding originate, according to Locke?
(a) God.
(b) The collective unconscious.
(c) The genes.
(d) The senses.

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

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

5. How does Locke define perception?
(a) Synthetic.
(b) Syncretic.
(c) Absolute.
(d) Passive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does NOT come from sensation, according to Locke?

2. What does Locke say about the knowledge of how property rules should be established?

3. How does Locke try to look at understanding?

4. What does Locke say about sensations that an infant feels in utero?

5. What does Locke argue against in Chapter 2 of Book I?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the two kinds of ideas Locke describes.

2. How does Locke say ideas come to us?

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

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

5. What example does Locke use of natural principles?

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

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

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

9. What arguments does Locke make against innate knowledge?

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

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