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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the First Treatise, whose heir is in question?
(a) Adam's.
(b) Noah's.
(c) Eve's.
(d) Filmer's.

2. What claim of Filmer's does Locke dispute?
(a) That children have the right to leave their homes.
(b) That mothers have equal shares in begetting children.
(c) That cannibalism is acceptable.
(d) That God gave men dominion over women.

3. Who in the First Treatise does not have subjects to govern?
(a) Patriacha.
(b) Adam.
(c) King James.
(d) God.

4. Which kings does Locke discuss?
(a) Biblical kings.
(b) American kings.
(c) English kings.
(d) Phoenician kings.

5. Who buys his brother's birthright?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Cain.
(c) Locke.
(d) Abel.

6. What effect does Locke feel that Filmer's comparison of powers have?
(a) Confuses readers.
(b) Evokes anger.
(c) Creates zealots.
(d) Flatters the ambitions of monarchs.

7. Who are the inheritors?
(a) Eve.
(b) Adam's children Cain and Abel only.
(c) Property owners.
(d) Adam's line and posterity.

8. What two powers are considered identical by Filmer?
(a) The power of marriage and the power of childbirth.
(b) The power of the fathers and the power of kings.
(c) The right to own property and the right to marry someone of your own choice.
(d) The right to own a slave and the right to fight.

9. What important argument does Locke refute in the First Treatise?
(a) That men and women are equal.
(b) That governments can have slaves.
(c) That people must live peacefully together.
(d) That Adam had the right to private dominion and absolute power over other men.

10. What distinction does Locke make regarding gender and power?
(a) Locke says power lies in the hands of the mother.
(b) Locke says Adam has control over his wife Eve.
(c) Locke says that both Adam and Eve have equal power.
(d) Locke says gender inequalities prevent power equality.

11. Which son of Adam is the oldest?
(a) Locke.
(b) Noah.
(c) Cain.
(d) Abel.

12. On what does Filmer base most of his theories for monarchy?
(a) The right of the bourgeoise.
(b) The right of inheritance.
(c) The right of property owners.
(d) The right of the rich.

13. What does Filmer claim is the relationship between men and creatures?
(a) Men are equal to all creatures.
(b) Men live in opposition to all creatures.
(c) Men have sole ownership over all creatures.
(d) Men consume all creatures.

14. In Genesis, when were men and other living creatures created?
(a) On the same day.
(b) After the apple was eaten.
(c) When Noak's Ark came ashore.
(d) On different days.

15. To whom does Locke believe the duty of honor and obedience is due?
(a) The natural father.
(b) The prince.
(c) The magistrate.
(d) The king.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kinds of goods does the first-born child inherit?

3. Which descendant of Adam escapes the flood?

4. According to Locke, to whom did God give the power of dominion?

5. Who questions the details of rulership?

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