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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. Who is guilty of reification, according to Locke?
(a) Historians.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Metaphysical philosophers.
(d) Materialist philosophers.

2. How does Locke resolve the contradiction between people who believe in free will and people who do not?
(a) He says that determinism is determined in free choices in every moment.
(b) He says that people have a choice whether to follow their wills.
(c) He says that the world has choices, even if people do not.
(d) He says that there is indeterminism on a sub-atomic level, that allows for free choice.

3. What are all words generated by, in Locke's account?
(a) Experiences.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Ideas.

4. What does Locke say about the form of signs and words?
(a) They are arbitrary.
(b) They are determined.
(c) They are innate.
(d) They are divine.

5. Which grammatical particle does Locke examine in detail?
(a) In.
(b) But.
(c) On.
(d) Under.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say desires have in common?

2. What is the limit toward which our idea of number extends, according to Locke?

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

4. How does Locke define desire?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the difference between love and desire, according to Locke?

2. What is the correspondence theory of truth?

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

4. What is the debate between determinists and libertarians?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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