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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Filmer attribute the power of fatherhood?
(a) King James.
(b) All kings.
(c) All men.
(d) Adam.

4. Which book in the bible discusses the creation of animals?
(a) Proverbs.
(b) Genesis.
(c) Deuteronomy.
(d) Psalms.

5. According to Locke, to whom did God give the power of dominion?
(a) Adam and Eve.
(b) Parents.
(c) Slave owners.
(d) Royalty.

6. What was dominion measured in during this time?
(a) Size of kingdom.
(b) Property.
(c) The amount of goods that the first-born would inherit.
(d) Slaves.

7. Who does Filmer think is an ideal monarch?
(a) Eternally youthful.
(b) An absolute ruler.
(c) A despot.
(d) Ineffectual.

8. What is Locke's conclusion pertaining to the knowledge contained in the biblical scripture?
(a) That God decreed that Adam be king.
(b) That God said Eve was subservient to Adam's will.
(c) That slavery was acceptable.
(d) That it was not a grant from God to have power of all men.

9. 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 subjugation of children to the rule of the father.
(d) The need for governance.

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

11. What issues arise with Noah?
(a) Power and inheritance.
(b) Animal rights.
(c) End of the world.
(d) Redemption.

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

13. What is the basis of sovereignty of monarchs in the First Treatise?
(a) That citizens accept the theory.
(b) That no one opposes monarchs.
(c) That the power of Adam is conveyed to succeeding generations.
(d) That slaves do not rebel.

14. Who is described by Filmer as possibly having absolute power as a monarch?
(a) King James.
(b) Eve.
(c) A property owner.
(d) Adam.

15. What happens upon the death of Adam according to Filmer?
(a) Chaos and anarchy.
(b) Takeover from rival.
(c) Division of authority.
(d) Father's estate goes to the eldest son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which kings does Locke discuss?

2. What does Filmer propose is the cause for men being denied freedom?

3. Who has joint dominion over the children in Locke's opinion?

4. Who in the First Treatise does not have subjects to govern?

5. What does Filmer claim is the relationship between men and creatures?

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