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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 kind of government does Exodus imply according to Filmer?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Cannibalism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Democracy.

2. What does Filmer's logic imply about succeeding monarchs?
(a) They must prove their right to rule through one-on-one combat.
(b) They get their rights to rule from the first monarch.
(c) They win the right to rule through a debate.
(d) They are much weaker than the first monarch.

3. What commandment applies to men and women according to Locke?
(a) Third Commandment.
(b) Second Commandment.
(c) Fifth Commandment.
(d) Sixth Commandment.

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

5. To whom does Locke think a child owes the most?
(a) God.
(b) Mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described by Filmer as possibly having absolute power as a monarch?

2. In Genesis, when were men and other living creatures created?

3. To support what theory does Locke employ numerous citations?

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

5. What is the only thing that Locke can find in the scriptures pertaining to power and God?

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