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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10, pp. 37-73.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Locke say he cannot find proof for in the First Treatise?
(a) Adam's right to be supreme.
(b) That ordinary men can own property.
(c) The royalty's claim to rule by divine right through the sovereignty of Adam.
(d) That slavery is legal.

2. According to the First Treatise, in whom is power vested?
(a) Adam and descendants.
(b) King James.
(c) Filmer and his followers.
(d) Locke and his followers.

3. Who does Filmer think is an ideal monarch?
(a) Eternally youthful.
(b) An absolute ruler.
(c) Ineffectual.
(d) A despot.

4. What belief does Locke not challenge in the First Treatise?
(a) That Adam was created by God.
(b) That the thrones of princes come by divine right.
(c) That tyranny is acceptable.
(d) That slaves make war upon their government.

5. What does Locke say cannot be inferred from the biblical commandments?
(a) Absolute obedience to the king.
(b) Right to own property.
(c) Right to own slaves.
(d) Free will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two powers are considered identical by Filmer?

2. What commandment applies to men and women according to Locke?

3. What does Filmer call the relationship between a man and his parents?

4. From whom do monarchs derive power?

5. What does Filmer's logic imply about succeeding monarchs?

(see the answer key)

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