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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16- 19, pp. 205 - 240.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose consent is a government based upon?
(a) The people governing.
(b) The slave owners.
(c) The people that are governed.
(d) The property owners.

2. What important question does Locke debate about Noah and his sons?
(a) Whether Noah gave the world to his favorite son.
(b) Whether Noah fought with his sons.
(c) Whether Noah loved his sons.
(d) Whether Noah divided the world among his sons.

3. What was the right of succession practiced in the commonwealth?
(a) The family with royal connections dominates.
(b) The eldest son inherits the property and right to rule.
(c) The wealthiest family dominates.
(d) The most powerful family dominates.

4. What is used to justify royal authority in the First Treatise?
(a) The power exercised by mothers over children.
(b) The belief that royalty are born with absolute power.
(c) The need for governance.
(d) The subjugation of children to the rule of the father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When a person violates the state of liberty, what does Locke say must ensue?

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

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

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

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

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