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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 Locke believe is the kind of government when the whole community is involved?
(a) A perfect democracy.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) An oligarchy.
(d) A monarchy.

2. What does Locke write is necessary to stop war?
(a) Security.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Plenty of food for everyone.
(d) A peaceful resolution with the aggressor.

3. When a father dies, onto whom does parental duty fall?
(a) The stepfather.
(b) The judge.
(c) The mother.
(d) The child.

4. What law determines when the guardianship ends?
(a) The municipal law of the country.
(b) The law of property ownership.
(c) The law of self-governance.
(d) The law of primogeniture.

5. What joint power does Locke say is represented by the community?
(a) The power to live wherever you want and to own property.
(b) The power to create and break rules.
(c) The power to be free and to self-govern.
(d) The power of all the members in that society.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Locke determine that parental power belongs?

2. What does Locke name the law to govern Adam and his posterity?

3. What does Locke argue that the people hold as supreme and unalterable?

4. What two government powers does Locke argue should remain separate?

5. What should no human sanction oppose according to Locke?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does guardianship not include?

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

4. Who determines when parental duties cease?

5. How does Locke define political power?

6. Describe the fundamental law of nature pertaining to man and society.

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

8. Describe the purpose for taxes.

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

10. What freedom does the individual have in society?

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