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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10, pp. 37-73.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From whom do monarchs derive power?
(a) Their subjects.
(b) Adam and his power of fatherhood.
(c) Their property.
(d) Their children.

3. What is used to justify royal authority in the First Treatise?
(a) The need for governance.
(b) The subjugation of children to the rule of the father.
(c) The power exercised by mothers over children.
(d) The belief that royalty are born with absolute power.

4. What happens upon the death of Adam according to Filmer?
(a) Takeover from rival.
(b) Chaos and anarchy.
(c) Division of authority.
(d) Father's estate goes to the eldest son.

5. According to Locke, to whom did God give the power of dominion?
(a) Slave owners.
(b) Parents.
(c) Adam and Eve.
(d) Royalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does Filmore say are necessary for absolute monarchy to work?

2. What effect does Locke feel that Filmer's comparison of powers have?

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

4. What quality does Filmer determine that all rulers must possess?

5. What does Locke say cannot be inferred from the biblical commandments?

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