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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5, pp. 115-139.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the First Treatise, in whom is power vested?
(a) Locke and his followers.
(b) Filmer and his followers.
(c) King James.
(d) Adam and descendants.

2. What does Filmer call the relationship between a man and his parents?
(a) Royal or fatherly authority.
(b) The inheritance of kings.
(c) Painful subjugation.
(d) The vested power.

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

4. Despite man's liberty, what does Locke argue that man should not be allowed to do?
(a) Divorce his wife.
(b) Buy his neighbor's property.
(c) Destroy himself, creatures, or other people.
(d) Acquire his neighbor's slaves.

5. Which book in the bible discusses the creation of animals?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Proverbs.
(c) Deuteronomy.
(d) Psalms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does paternal authority imply?

2. How could the premise of divine rights be destroyed?

3. What does Locke say he cannot find proof for in the First Treatise?

4. On what does Filmer base most of his theories for monarchy?

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

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