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

2. According to Filmer in the First Treatise what does the bible prove?
(a) The grant of government.
(b) The right to bear arms.
(c) The right to assemble.
(d) The right to assemble.

3. What fact does Locke believe refutes Filmer's claims?
(a) The sovereignty shared between parents.
(b) The birth of Adam.
(c) The property owner's rights.
(d) The slave owner's rights.

4. How is despotic power defined in the Second Treatise?
(a) Paternal power coming from nature.
(b) Arbitrary power that one man has over another man's life.
(c) Political power as a result of voluntary agreement.
(d) Political power to preserve property.

5. What relationship is necessary to nurture the young?
(a) Political alliance between king and queen.
(b) Child's obedience to the father.
(c) Conjugal relationship between husband and wife.
(d) Political power of the father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose power in society does Locke say must be for the good of the society as a whole?

2. What does Sir Robert conclude about the use of the term "children of men"?

3. To whom does Locke think a child owes the most?

4. What event is Noah most often associated with?

5. What does the commonwealth give men?

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