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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. Where does understanding originate, according to Locke?
(a) The senses.
(b) The genes.
(c) God.
(d) The collective unconscious.

2. How does Locke handle the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?
(a) Locke says that doubt is for science, not philosophy.
(b) Locke says that certain things are known a priori.
(c) Locke says that understanding is divine and God is up to the job of inquiry.
(d) Locke says that doubt is the eternal enemy of knowledge.

3. How does Locke define complex ideas?
(a) Unresolved ideas out of which simple ideas come.
(b) Simple ideas that vary based on definitions.
(c) Combinations of simple ideas.
(d) The field of experience that inspires ideas.

4. What does Locke say retention allows us to do?
(a) Evaluate ideas.
(b) Forget ideas.
(c) Store ideas.
(d) Organize ideas.

5. How does Locke describe reflection?
(a) As the patterns sense experiences make.
(b) As the mind's sensation of itself.
(c) As the engine for language.
(d) As the history of sense experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke define 'idea'?

2. How does Locke say an object's qualities can change?

3. What is substance, according to Locke?

4. How does Locke describe the work principles do?

5. Which concept was beyond the sphere of Locke's inquiry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Locke mean when he says that the mind is a blank slate?

2. How does Locke define abstraction?

3. Describe Locke's account of the primary and secondary qualities of things.

4. How does Locke define practical principles?

5. What does Locke set out to do in Book II?

6. What is the difference between sensation and reflection, in Locke's account?

7. What is the difference between natural principles and innate principles?

8. How does Locke define the faculty of perception?

9. What arguments does Locke make against innate knowledge?

10. What arguments does Locke make against Descartes' philosophy?

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