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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 offers a compelling argument in favor of the right to rule?
(a) Adam.
(b) Filmer.
(c) Locke.
(d) Eve.

2. What important argument does Locke refute in the First Treatise?
(a) That people must live peacefully together.
(b) That governments can have slaves.
(c) That Adam had the right to private dominion and absolute power over other men.
(d) That men and women are equal.

3. What two things does Locke feel are conflated?
(a) Right to govern and the need to have control.
(b) Birthright and dominion.
(c) Right to buy and the right to sell.
(d) Property and slave ownership.

4. What quality does Filmer determine that all rulers must possess?
(a) They must offer strong leadership.
(b) They must be fair-minded.
(c) They must be descendants of Adam.
(d) They must be gentle.

5. On what does Filmer base most of his theories for monarchy?
(a) The right of property owners.
(b) The right of inheritance.
(c) The right of the rich.
(d) The right of the bourgeoise.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In the First Treatise, whose heir is in question?

5. From whom do monarchs derive power?

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