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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What right does Locke believe all men have?
(a) The right to buy property.
(b) The right of inheritance.
(c) The right to have slaves.
(d) The right to fight.

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

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

4. What are the only two ways that kings can come to power, according to Filmer?
(a) Through marriage and winning wars.
(b) By being the heirs of fathers of people or the heirs of usurpers of power.
(c) Through property ownership.
(d) Through the vote of the people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the First Treatise, whose heir is in question?

2. How does Filmer define the relationship between man and other creatures?

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

4. What relationship of power does Locke think is hard to understand?

5. What distinction does Locke make regarding gender and power?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Locke, what does the Patriarcha treatise say about freedom?

2. Describe what subjugation of the children means in regards to monarchy.

3. What kind of power is the right of supremacy?

4. What does divine rights imply?

5. Describe the difference in opinion Locke and Filmer have about Adam's right to govern.

6. What does Filmer say about the relationship of man to his parents?

7. Describe who Filmer believes the heir to power should be.

8. What does Locke say about Adam's heir's relationship to other creatures?

9. According to Filmer, what are the only two ways that a king can come to power?

10. What does Locke use to refute the theory of absolute monarchy?

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