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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 proposed the notion that knowledge begins in doubt?
(a) Plotinus.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

2. What quality does Locke say innate principles lack?
(a) Universal consent.
(b) Translatability.
(c) Variability.
(d) Presentability.

3. Where does Locke say ideas come from?
(a) Collective unconscious.
(b) Experience.
(c) Memory.
(d) Senses.

4. How does Locke define 'idea'?
(a) The object of understanding.
(b) The purpose of understanding.
(c) The result of understanding.
(d) The source of understanding.

5. What happens to a particular idea when you practice abstraction?
(a) You use it for religious purposes.
(b) You see it in context.
(c) You subtract particulars.
(d) You see the opposite of the idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Locke say ideas come from?

2. What limitation does Locke describe in human faculties?

3. How does Locke use garlic to illustrate his argument about the qualities of things?

4. What do we need to do with ideas over time, according to Locke?

5. What idea does NOT come from sensation, according to Locke?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Locke define abstraction?

2. What benefits do humans receive from understanding, according to Locke?

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

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

5. How does Locke define discerning?

6. In what way is knowledge limited, according to Locke?

7. Describe the two kinds of ideas Locke describes.

8. What does Locke say about the innateness of moral principles?

9. What aspect of knowledge does Locke exclude from "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"?

10. How does Locke define the faculty of perception?

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