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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Locke think sometimes determines who will be king?
(a) Luck.
(b) Wealth.
(c) The size of the army and its success.
(d) A person's intelligence.

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 divided the world among his sons.
(d) Whether Noah loved his sons.

3. What two things does Filmore say are necessary for absolute monarchy to work?
(a) That the people remain ignorant and powerless.
(b) That the power does not die with Adam, and that it continues through generations.
(c) That the kings fight to maintain control and never concede defeat.
(d) That the citizens accept it, and that some people are slaves.

4. What does paternal authority imply?
(a) That there can only be one king in the world.
(b) That men live for a long time.
(c) That the authority of kings will be challenged.
(d) That monarchs will not survive.

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

6. How does Filmer define the relationship between man and other creatures?
(a) Man has the right to use creatures.
(b) Man fights with other creatures.
(c) Man is subservient to other creatures.
(d) Man and other creatures are equal.

7. What event is Noah most often associated with?
(a) The flood.
(b) Property.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Global domination.

8. What right did man have with regard to other, according to Filmer?
(a) To use them as necessary.
(b) No rights.
(c) The right to consume them for food.
(d) The right to share land with them.

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

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

11. What two titles push the theory of sovereignty, according to Locke?
(a) Titles of slave and property ownership.
(b) Titles of fatherhood and property.
(c) Titles of sisterhood and property.
(d) Titles of judiciary and executive control.

12. Who offers a compelling argument in favor of the right to rule?
(a) Filmer.
(b) Locke.
(c) Eve.
(d) Adam.

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

14. What quality does Filmer determine that all rulers must possess?
(a) They must offer strong leadership.
(b) They must be fair-minded.
(c) They must be descendants of Adam.
(d) They must be gentle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke disagree with Filmer about concerning the rights of the first man in the world?

2. According to Locke, to whom did God give the power of dominion?

3. What is the basis of sovereignty of monarchs in the First Treatise?

4. What does Locke say cannot be inferred from the biblical commandments?

5. What rights does Filmer believe should be given to the descendants of the heir?

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