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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11- 15, pp. 182 - 204.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the only two ways that kings can come to power, according to Filmer?
(a) Through property ownership.
(b) Through the vote of the people.
(c) Through marriage and winning wars.
(d) By being the heirs of fathers of people or the heirs of usurpers of power.

2. What rules should people know according to Locke?
(a) The rules about gender equality.
(b) The rules about inheritance.
(c) The rules about property.
(d) The rules governing their rights.

3. What is the main reason men enter into communities?
(a) To become rulers.
(b) To learn laws.
(c) To preserve property.
(d) To buy property.

4. What was the right of succession practiced in the commonwealth?
(a) The most powerful family dominates.
(b) The wealthiest family dominates.
(c) The eldest son inherits the property and right to rule.
(d) The family with royal connections dominates.

5. What does Locke argue that the people hold as supreme and unalterable?
(a) Natural law.
(b) The government.
(c) Absolute monarchy.
(d) The legislature.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Locke define "parental power"?

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

3. How does Locke define legislative power?

4. What penalties can laws sometimes include?

5. What is used to justify royal authority in the First Treatise?

(see the answer key)

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