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

2. What is the only thing that Locke can find in the scriptures pertaining to power and God?
(a) Divine right of kings.
(b) Right to slavery and ownership of property.
(c) The commandment "love thy neighbor."
(d) The commandment "honor thy father."

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

4. What two powers are considered identical by Filmer?
(a) The right to own property and the right to marry someone of your own choice.
(b) The power of marriage and the power of childbirth.
(c) The power of the fathers and the power of kings.
(d) The right to own a slave and the right to fight.

5. What right does Locke believe all men have?
(a) The right to have slaves.
(b) The right to buy property.
(c) The right to fight.
(d) The right of inheritance.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the First Treatise, in whom is power vested?

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

3. What rights does Locke believe that Adam's heir possesses in relation to these creatures?

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

5. What order did the first man in the world receive from God?

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