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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. In what way was Locke's perspective unique in the debate between free will and fate?
(a) He demonstrated the inevitability of free choice.
(b) He proposed different ways to tempt fate.
(c) He advocated experiments in free will.
(d) He proposed a third position.

2. What does Locke say we about words that cannot be defined any further?
(a) They are complex ideas.
(b) They are general words.
(c) They are simple ideas.
(d) They are essential ideas.

3. What abuse does Locke say is typical of scholars?
(a) Using technical language.
(b) Using foreign languages.
(c) Using obscure words.
(d) Using poetic language.

4. What is Locke really discussing in his discussion of pleasure and pain?
(a) Morality.
(b) Complex modes of ideas.
(c) Variety.
(d) Number.

5. What do we have when a word can no longer be defined, according to Locke?
(a) The essence of an idea.
(b) Visions.
(c) Experience.
(d) Simple ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the philosopher's most important job, according to Locke?

2. What are all words generated by, in Locke's account?

3. How does Locke describe pleasure and pain?

4. What defines a philosophical usage of a word, according to Locke?

5. What does Locke describe as an abuse of words?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give an example of active powers.

2. How does Locke suggest philosophers curb the abuse of words?

3. What does Locke say is the danger in man's freedom to use words however he likes?

4. What does Locke say words ultimately refer to?

5. How is love like memory, in Locke's account?

6. What does Locke say is the difference between a free will and a free agent?

7. What problem is Locke trying to address with his discussion of identity in consciousness and identity in body?

8. Why are most words general, according to Locke?

9. What does Locke achieve by claiming that good and evil come from pleasure and pain?

10. How does Locke define power, in "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?

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