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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 is the consequence of using words to refer to personal ideas, according to Locke?

2. What is reification?

3. What would happen if words referred to particular things, in Locke's opinion?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do we arrive at the essence of an idea?

2. Give an example of active powers.

3. What does Locke achieve by claiming that good and evil come from pleasure and pain?

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

5. What is the correspondence theory of truth?

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

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

8. What does Locke say is the difference between a free will and a free agent?

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

10. What is abstraction, according to Locke?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How does Locke protect his philosophy against the skepticism of Hume and Descartes? What arguments specifically does he refute, and what arguments does he leave himself open to? (Do you think the question of whether innate knowledge exists can be answered?)

Essay Topic 3

How Christian is Locke's philosophy? In what specifics is it Christian, and in what ways does it have allegiances to other forms of religion? Is the ability of the individual to seek his own happiness a substitute for religion in Locke's philosophy? How does Locke's philosophy perform the central task of Christianity, namely of letting people transcend the physical plane, where death exists, and live another eternal life beyond life?

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