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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 does Locke believe that the First Treatise proves?
(a) That Adam had authority over his children.
(b) That Adam did not have authority over his children.
(c) That Adam's authority stemmed from God.
(d) That Adam's authority came from being a father.

2. What does Locke define political power as?
(a) The power of a master over a slave.
(b) The power of a husband over a wife.
(c) The power that a magistrate has over a subject.
(d) The power of a father over a child.

3. How do people pay for the benefit of the government's protection?
(a) Voting.
(b) Taxation.
(c) By giving up some rights.
(d) By refusing to fight.

4. To understand political power, what is important to have?
(a) A knowledge of legal literature.
(b) A state of perfect freedom for men.
(c) A desire to rule.
(d) A state of equality.

5. What is Filmer's basis for the rule of princes?
(a) That they have the qualifications of good leadership.
(b) That they inherit the kingdoms of their fathers.
(c) That they have power and riches.
(d) That they inherited the right to rule as descendants of Adam.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is despotic power defined in the Second Treatise?

2. What does the commonwealth give men?

3. What does Locke argue about the inheritance of power and the right to rule?

4. What should no human sanction oppose according to Locke?

5. What is the one supreme power over the commonwealth?

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