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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Locke say pleasure and pain are the foundation for?
(a) Good and evil.
(b) Language.
(c) God and religion.
(d) Culture.

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

4. How does Locke describe pleasure and pain?
(a) Chaotic.
(b) Clear and powerful.
(c) Unstructured.
(d) Unintelligible.

5. According to Locke, the lack of what would make social life impossible?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Money.
(c) Trade.
(d) Communication.

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

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

8. What is the limit toward which our idea of number extends, according to Locke?
(a) Zero.
(b) One.
(c) Infinity.
(d) Ultimate variety.

9. How does Locke define love?
(a) Mingling pleasure and pain.
(b) Seeking pleasure.
(c) Reflecting on something that causes delight.
(d) Aspiring to improve oneself.

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

11. What does Locke say we about words that cannot be defined any further?
(a) They are complex ideas.
(b) They are simple ideas.
(c) They are essential ideas.
(d) They are general words.

12. 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 cease to see the thing.
(c) You possess the thing as an idea.
(d) You know the design of the thing.

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

14. What does Locke say words refer to?
(a) Inner ideas.
(b) Experiences of pleasure and pain.
(c) Plants and animals.
(d) Things in the world.

15. What idea does Locke say we use when we define a horse?
(a) The idea of human superiority.
(b) The idea of nature.
(c) The idea of God.
(d) The idea of animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Locke say our idea of number comes from?

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

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

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

5. What happens to the man in the illustration?

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