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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 modern movement did Locke prefigure in his arguments about philosophical language?
(a) Ontology.
(b) Relativists.
(c) Ordinary language philosophy.
(d) Deconstruction.

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

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

4. Where does Locke say our idea of number comes from?
(a) Our idea of variety.
(b) Our idea of unity.
(c) Our idea of origins.
(d) Our idea of derivation.

5. What does Locke say is a philosopher's primary method, in Locke's account?
(a) Analysis.
(b) Debate.
(c) Reflection.
(d) Experimentation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say we about words that cannot be defined any further?

2. What does Locke's illustration show?

3. Where does Locke say we see the origin of our idea of number?

4. Where do pleasure and pain come from, according to Locke?

5. What does Locke say we use when we define a word?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Locke say words ultimately refer to?

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

3. Give an example of active powers.

4. What is the debate between determinists and libertarians?

5. How does Locke define words?

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

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

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

9. Where do the notions of good and evil come from, in Locke's opinion?

10. What is abstraction, according to Locke?

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