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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 use as a definition of active powers?
(a) Gravity.
(b) Will or volition.
(c) Heat.
(d) Luck.

2. What are people who believe in human freedom called?
(a) Libertarians.
(b) Fatalists.
(c) Determinists.
(d) Relativists.

3. What do we have when an abstract idea cannot be broken down?
(a) Simple ideas.
(b) Complex ideas.
(c) Distinct ideas.
(d) Detailed words.

4. What would happen if words referred to particular things, in Locke's opinion?
(a) There would have to be a word for each thing.
(b) No one would know that classes of things existed.
(c) No one would understand each other's vocabulary.
(d) Everyone would need to be an even larger language for classes of things.

5. Where do pleasure and pain come from, according to Locke?
(a) Sensation.
(b) God.
(c) History.
(d) The mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can we understand the properties of things, according to Locke?

2. What does Locke say is a philosopher's primary method, in Locke's account?

3. What happens to love over time, according to Locke?

4. What can we talk about once we begin to abstract?

5. What does Locke say about the form of signs and words?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Locke say is the only way to understand the properties of things?

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

3. How does Locke define words?

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

5. Where does Locke say our conception of 'number' comes from?

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

7. Give an example of active powers.

8. What role does Locke attribute to God in forming man as a language-user?

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

10. What are three ways in which people abuse words, in Locke's account?

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