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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. Which two parties did not initially seek to oppress each other in the commonwealth?
(a) People and the magistrate.
(b) Commonwealth families and children.
(c) People and the property owners.
(d) Slaves and slave owners.

2. What does Locke think the kind of punishment should be for a transgression less than murder?
(a) Loss of the right to vote.
(b) Beating.
(c) Severe enough to prevent repetition.
(d) Loss of all property.

3. What powers does Locke advocate being delegated and managed in society for a successful society?
(a) Executive and federative.
(b) Political and paternal.
(c) Executive and material.
(d) Legislative and judiciary.

4. What does Locke say is protected by law and cannot be taken away by a ruler?
(a) Property.
(b) Freedom to marry.
(c) Freedom to fight.
(d) Freedom to travel.

5. Who settles controversies in laws?
(a) Judges.
(b) The public.
(c) The slave owner.
(d) The property owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can a subject do regardless of the type of ruler according to Locke?

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

3. What power does Locke argue that a man can only be subject to by choice?

4. Despite man's liberty, what does Locke argue that man should not be allowed to do?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what Locke believes his First Treatise proves about Adam and his sons' rights.

3. Describe the purpose for taxes.

4. How does Locke define political power?

5. What freedom does the individual have in society?

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

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

8. What two powers of government should always be kept separately?

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

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

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