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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) The vested power.
(b) Royal or fatherly authority.
(c) Painful subjugation.
(d) The inheritance of kings.

2. What belief does Locke not challenge in the First Treatise?
(a) That Adam was created by God.
(b) That slaves make war upon their government.
(c) That the thrones of princes come by divine right.
(d) That tyranny is acceptable.

3. What distinction does Locke make regarding gender and power?
(a) Locke says power lies in the hands of the mother.
(b) Locke says that both Adam and Eve have equal power.
(c) Locke says gender inequalities prevent power equality.
(d) Locke says Adam has control over his wife Eve.

4. What order did the first man in the world receive from God?
(a) To create a house.
(b) To multiply and populate the world.
(c) To buy property.
(d) To create a house.

5. What rights does Locke believe that Adam's heir possesses in relation to these creatures?
(a) More rights than other men.
(b) No rights.
(c) The same as other men.
(d) All rights.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has joint dominion over the children in Locke's opinion?

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

4. What does Filmer claim is the relationship between men and creatures?

5. What does Locke disagree with Filmer about concerning the rights of the first man in the world?

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