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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which descendant of Adam escapes the flood?
(a) Abel.
(b) Cain.
(c) Filmer.
(d) Noah.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What biblical book connects monarchy with the commandment to honor thy father?
(a) Proverbs.
(b) Revelation.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Exodus.

11. According to Filmer, who is considered the father of subjects in a monarchy?
(a) God.
(b) The royal priest.
(c) The king.
(d) Royal princes.

12. In the First Treatise, what does Locke believe that the book Patriacha actually promotes?
(a) That all men are slaves.
(b) That the ruler must be male.
(c) That religion is inconsequential.
(d) That all men are free.

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

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

15. What does Sir Robert conclude about the use of the term "children of men"?
(a) That it did not pertain to Adam who had no father.
(b) That the children of men were born to serve.
(c) That the children of men would be oppressed.
(d) That the children of men had power over Adam.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the only two ways that kings can come to power, according to Filmer?

3. Who buys his brother's birthright?

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

5. What does Filmer's logic imply about succeeding monarchs?

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