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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 happens when you strip away all the details of a thing, in Locke's account?
(a) You have the category of the thing.
(b) You know the design of the thing.
(c) You cease to see the thing.
(d) You possess the thing as an idea.

2. What is reification?
(a) Seeing words as things to be exchanged.
(b) Seeing words as people.
(c) Seeing words as money.
(d) Seeing words as objects.

3. What does Locke say desires have in common?
(a) A motivating force to alleviate discomfort.
(b) Ineffability.
(c) The ability to mitigate unease.
(d) Unhappiness as a result.

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

5. What does Locke say God gave man in order to fulfill his purpose?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Technology.
(c) Words.
(d) Images.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we have when a word can no longer be defined, according to Locke?

2. What are people who believe in human freedom called?

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

4. What idea does Locke say we use when we define a horse?

5. What would happen if words referred to particular things, in Locke's opinion?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Give an example of active powers.

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

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

9. How does Locke resolve the debate between determinists and libertarians?

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

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