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

2. Who does Filmer think is an ideal monarch?
(a) An absolute ruler.
(b) A despot.
(c) Ineffectual.
(d) Eternally youthful.

3. Who questions the details of rulership?
(a) Locke.
(b) King James.
(c) Adam.
(d) Filmer.

4. What does Locke disagree with Filmer about concerning the rights of the first man in the world?
(a) The right to governance.
(b) The right to fight.
(c) The right to acquire property.
(d) The right to procreate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Filmer call the relationship between a man and his parents?

2. What belief does Locke not challenge in the First Treatise?

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

4. What belief, according to Locke, prevents the right to natural freedom?

5. Who does Filmer attribute the power of fatherhood?

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