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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. How does Locke define legislative power?
(a) The power to transfer resource ownership.
(b) The power to execute law.
(c) How a community uses resources for the preservation and betterment of society.
(d) The power to decide who owns what in society.

2. What does Locke argue the power should not be used for?
(a) To own property.
(b) To wage war.
(c) To destroy a neighbor's property.
(d) To destroy or enslave the members of society.

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

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

5. When a person suffers damages, what right does he have according to Locke?
(a) The right to fight.
(b) The right to destroy.
(c) The right to complain.
(d) The right to seek reparations.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Filmer, who is considered the father of subjects in a monarchy?

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

3. What does Locke say is protected by law and cannot be taken away by a ruler?

4. Whose absolute authority does Locke question?

5. What two titles push the theory of sovereignty, according to Locke?

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