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

2. What risk does Locke determine war creates for man?
(a) Loss of time for himself.
(b) Loss of peace.
(c) Loss of security.
(d) Loss of life.

3. What does Locke believe that taxes need in order to be passed?
(a) A majority vote in the legislature.
(b) The approval of the monarch.
(c) The consent of the people.
(d) Money.

4. What two powers are vastly different according to Locke?
(a) Political power and maternal power.
(b) Maternal power and slave owner power.
(c) Political power and paternal power.
(d) Paternal power and landowner power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke say does not end when the right to guardianship ends?

2. For whom does the legislature make laws?

3. What does Locke believe is the kind of government when the whole community is involved?

4. By avoiding the abuse of power, what happens in society?

5. What does Locke believe contradicts civil society?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the purpose for taxes.

2. What does guardianship not include?

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

4. What freedom does the individual have in society?

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

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

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

8. What is the primary purpose of laws?

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

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

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