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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Locke define passive powers?

3. What do cause and effect derive from according to Locke?

4. What is Locke really discussing in his discussion of pleasure and pain?

5. What are people who do not believe in free will called?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Locke say words ultimately refer to?

6. Give an example of active powers.

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

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

9. What is abstraction, according to Locke?

10. Who does Locke say is guilty of these abuses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would a society predicated on the idea of innate knowledge differ from a society predicated on a Lockean epistemology in which knowledge is shaped by experience? Compare and contrast these societies.

Essay Topic 2

Locke's definition of experience and language is based solely on individual experience--but what is the role of the family in promoting certain knowledge and restricting or prohibiting other kinds of knowledge? Does Locke account for teachers and parents in his arguments about knowledge and experience?

Essay Topic 3

Write a character sketch of the author based on his style and content. What values does he hold dear? What are his hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think he is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

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