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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does Locke feel that Filmer's comparison of powers have?
(a) Flatters the ambitions of monarchs.
(b) Confuses readers.
(c) Creates zealots.
(d) Evokes anger.

2. What commandment applies to men and women according to Locke?
(a) Second Commandment.
(b) Sixth Commandment.
(c) Fifth Commandment.
(d) Third Commandment.

3. What is Filmer's basis for the rule of princes?
(a) That they inherit the kingdoms of their fathers.
(b) That they inherited the right to rule as descendants of Adam.
(c) That they have the qualifications of good leadership.
(d) That they have power and riches.

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

5. From whom do monarchs derive power?
(a) Their subjects.
(b) Their property.
(c) Adam and his power of fatherhood.
(d) Their children.

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

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

8. What does Filmer propose is the cause for men being denied freedom?
(a) Short lifespans.
(b) Adam's creation.
(c) Lack of property ownership.
(d) Illiteracy.

9. What claim of Filmer's does Locke dispute?
(a) That God gave men dominion over women.
(b) That children have the right to leave their homes.
(c) That mothers have equal shares in begetting children.
(d) That cannibalism is acceptable.

10. To whom does Locke think a child owes the most?
(a) Father.
(b) God.
(c) Mother.
(d) Society.

11. 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 would be oppressed.
(c) That the children of men had power over Adam.
(d) That the children of men were born to serve.

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

13. Which son of Adam is the oldest?
(a) Abel.
(b) Locke.
(c) Noah.
(d) Cain.

14. What kind of government does Exodus imply according to Filmer?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Cannibalism.
(d) Socialism.

15. To support what theory does Locke employ numerous citations?
(a) The need for subservience in children.
(b) The divine right to rule inherited by Adam.
(c) The right to own slaves.
(d) The equality of power between both parents.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two powers are considered identical by Filmer?

3. What was Cain told about his power?

4. How does Locke differ in his perception of Eve as compared to Filmer?

5. What does the rule of having only one king in the world depend upon?

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