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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fact does Locke believe refutes Filmer's claims?
(a) The slave owner's rights.
(b) The property owner's rights.
(c) The birth of Adam.
(d) The sovereignty shared between parents.

2. What belief, according to Locke, prevents the right to natural freedom?
(a) Migration.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Divine right to rule.

3. 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."

4. To whom does Locke believe the duty of honor and obedience is due?
(a) The natural father.
(b) The king.
(c) The magistrate.
(d) The prince.

5. What distinction does Locke make regarding gender and power?
(a) Locke says Adam has control over his wife Eve.
(b) Locke says that both Adam and Eve have equal power.
(c) Locke says gender inequalities prevent power equality.
(d) Locke says power lies in the hands of the mother.

6. Who has joint dominion over the children in Locke's opinion?
(a) Slaves and slave owners.
(b) Father and mother.
(c) The king and queen.
(d) King James and his wife.

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

8. Who questions the details of rulership?
(a) Locke.
(b) Adam.
(c) King James.
(d) Filmer.

9. What does Locke say cannot be inferred from the biblical commandments?
(a) Free will.
(b) Right to own slaves.
(c) Absolute obedience to the king.
(d) Right to own property.

10. What does Filmer's logic imply about succeeding monarchs?
(a) They must prove their right to rule through one-on-one combat.
(b) They win the right to rule through a debate.
(c) They get their rights to rule from the first monarch.
(d) They are much weaker than the first monarch.

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

12. According to the First Treatise, in whom is power vested?
(a) King James.
(b) Filmer and his followers.
(c) Adam and descendants.
(d) Locke and his followers.

13. What does Filmer believe about the relationship between men and parents?
(a) That it is irrelevant.
(b) That is the source of all conflict in society.
(c) That it is contentious.
(d) That men are subjugated to the will of their parents.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Cain told about his power?

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

3. Why is it important to explain inheritance in the First Treatise?

4. In Genesis, when were men and other living creatures created?

5. What right did man have with regard to other, according to Filmer?

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