Two Treatises of Government Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Two Treatises of Government Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what country does Locke discuss the occurrence of cannibalism?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Peru.
(d) China.

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

3. What does Filmer claim is the relationship between men and creatures?
(a) Men consume all creatures.
(b) Men live in opposition to all creatures.
(c) Men have sole ownership over all creatures.
(d) Men are equal to all creatures.

4. Who does Filmer think the heir should be?
(a) Someone with the God-given right to rule over men.
(b) Someone powerful.
(c) Someone wise.
(d) Someone strong.

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

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

7. What relationship of power does Locke think is hard to understand?
(a) Men and women.
(b) Slaves and slave owners.
(c) Kings and queens.
(d) Fatherhood where children are the property of the father.

8. In Genesis, when were men and other living creatures created?
(a) When Noak's Ark came ashore.
(b) After the apple was eaten.
(c) On the same day.
(d) On different days.

9. Which kings does Locke discuss?
(a) English kings.
(b) Biblical kings.
(c) Phoenician kings.
(d) American kings.

10. What happens if the world has more than one king?
(a) Conflict that results in anarchy.
(b) Indecision.
(c) The right to rule comes from something other than fatherhood.
(d) The right to rule comes from fatherhood.

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

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

13. How could the premise of divine rights be destroyed?
(a) If paternal authority only came from Adam.
(b) If Noah divided the world among his sons.
(c) If power is not handed down from son to son.
(d) If God does not exist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From whom do monarchs derive power?

3. What is used to justify royal authority in the First Treatise?

4. What right does Locke believe all men have?

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

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