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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 should no human sanction oppose according to Locke?
(a) The right to fight.
(b) The right to rule.
(c) The right to assembly peacefully.
(d) The preservation of mankind.

2. What does Locke argue the power should not be used for?
(a) To destroy a neighbor's property.
(b) To own property.
(c) To wage war.
(d) To destroy or enslave the members of society.

3. What power gives the right to make laws?
(a) Paternal power.
(b) Judicial power.
(c) Conjugal power.
(d) Political power.

4. What happens in a state of liberty?
(a) Power and jurisdiction are reciprocal.
(b) Anarchy begins.
(c) The loudest dominates.
(d) Nature takes over.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What law determines when the guardianship ends?

2. What is the main reason men enter into communities?

3. What risk does Locke determine war creates for man?

4. What was the rule of inheritance among families in a commonwealth?

5. What does political power involve?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the people's expectations of their government?

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

4. Who has the right to seek reparations?

5. What can parents always expect from their children even after guardianship has ended?

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

7. Who determines when parental duties cease?

8. What are a parent's duties?

9. What is the most fundamental law of nature mentioned in the Second Treatise that the legislature seeks to protect?

10. What is the primary purpose of laws?

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