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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 claim is the relationship between men and creatures?
(a) Men consume all creatures.
(b) Men live in opposition to all creatures.
(c) Men have sole ownership over all creatures.
(d) Men are equal to all creatures.

2. To whom does Locke believe the duty of honor and obedience is due?
(a) The natural father.
(b) The king.
(c) The magistrate.
(d) The prince.

3. What two powers are considered identical by Filmer?
(a) The power of marriage and the power of childbirth.
(b) The right to own property and the right to marry someone of your own choice.
(c) The right to own a slave and the right to fight.
(d) The power of the fathers and the power of kings.

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

5. What effect does Locke feel that Filmer's comparison of powers have?
(a) Creates zealots.
(b) Evokes anger.
(c) Flatters the ambitions of monarchs.
(d) Confuses readers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Filmer define the relationship between man and other creatures?

3. What relationship of power does Locke think is hard to understand?

4. Who offers a compelling argument in favor of the right to rule?

5. What happens upon the death of Adam according to Filmer?

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