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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, pp. 73-112.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has joint dominion over the children in Locke's opinion?
(a) Father and mother.
(b) King James and his wife.
(c) The king and queen.
(d) Slaves and slave owners.

2. Who are the inheritors?
(a) Property owners.
(b) Eve.
(c) Adam's line and posterity.
(d) Adam's children Cain and Abel only.

3. What relationship of power does Locke think is hard to understand?
(a) Fatherhood where children are the property of the father.
(b) Men and women.
(c) Kings and queens.
(d) Slaves and slave owners.

4. What does Filmer believe about the relationship between men and parents?
(a) That it is contentious.
(b) That is the source of all conflict in society.
(c) That men are subjugated to the will of their parents.
(d) That it is irrelevant.

5. 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 acquire property.
(c) The right to procreate.
(d) The right to fight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what country does Locke discuss the occurrence of cannibalism?

3. According to Locke, to whom did God give the power of dominion?

4. What issues arise with Noah?

5. What kind of government does Exodus imply according to Filmer?

(see the answer key)

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