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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 do most laws exist for?
(a) To relinquish slave owner rights.
(b) To distribute property.
(c) To regulate and preserve property.
(d) To regulate marriage.

2. What two things does Filmore say are necessary for absolute monarchy to work?
(a) That the people remain ignorant and powerless.
(b) That the power does not die with Adam, and that it continues through generations.
(c) That the kings fight to maintain control and never concede defeat.
(d) That the citizens accept it, and that some people are slaves.

3. What kind of government does Exodus imply according to Filmer?
(a) Cannibalism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Monarchy.
(d) Democracy.

4. According to Locke, what right do men have regarding murderers?
(a) The right to kill a murderer in the state of nature.
(b) The right to take his wife.
(c) The right to take his slaves.
(d) The right to take his property.

5. What does Locke write is necessary to stop war?
(a) Security.
(b) Plenty of food for everyone.
(c) A peaceful resolution with the aggressor.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is federative power?

5. What does the commonwealth give men?

(see the answer key)

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