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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. How does Filmer define the relationship between man and other creatures?
(a) Man is subservient to other creatures.
(b) Man and other creatures are equal.
(c) Man fights with other creatures.
(d) Man has the right to use creatures.

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

3. What does Filmer call the relationship between a man and his parents?
(a) Painful subjugation.
(b) Royal or fatherly authority.
(c) The vested power.
(d) The inheritance of kings.

4. What kinds of goods does the first-born child inherit?
(a) The right to rule and control over the entire kingdom and its possessions.
(b) Property only.
(c) Right to control siblings only.
(d) Slaves only.

5. What was Cain told about his power?
(a) That he will lose it.
(b) That he has none.
(c) That he will rule over his brother Abel.
(d) That it will diminish with age.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two things does Locke feel are conflated?

3. Why it is important to figure out the right of inheritance?

4. What is Filmer's basis for the rule of princes?

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

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