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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 does man give up by joining a community?
(a) Some of his natural liberty.
(b) Mental power.
(c) Spiritual power.
(d) Physical power.

2. When does Locke believe that people should change the legislature?
(a) When the legislature is not organized.
(b) When the legislature is tyrannical.
(c) When the legislature is difficult.
(d) When the legislature does something unpopular.

3. According to Locke, what right do men have regarding murderers?
(a) The right to take his property.
(b) The right to take his wife.
(c) The right to kill a murderer in the state of nature.
(d) The right to take his slaves.

4. Why is political power important?
(a) For the right to share your opinion.
(b) For the right to own slaves.
(c) For the making of laws to govern society.
(d) For the right to get married.

5. What two government powers does Locke argue should remain separate?
(a) Legislative power and executive power.
(b) Judicial power and the power of property ownership.
(c) The power of self-governance and the power to assemble peacefully.
(d) The power to bear arms and the power to follow one's own faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should have defined laws, according to Locke?

2. What does Locke believe that citizens can do if a man is unfit to be the ruler?

3. Where does the authority to make laws come from?

4. What does Locke argue the power should not be used for?

5. What power gives the right to make laws?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the role of the executive branch of government?

2. When does man have the right to stop another person's rights?

3. Describe the purpose for taxes.

4. What is the primary purpose of laws?

5. What is the relationship of the legislative to the people?

6. What is man's relationship to the freedom of other people?

7. When do these parental duties cease?

8. Describe what Locke believes is the relationship between parents and children.

9. Describe the state of natural freedom mentioned by Locke.

10. When and how does a child follow the law of reason?

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