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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 do laws exist for?
(a) The good of society.
(b) To stop war.
(c) To prevent fighting.
(d) To preserve land.

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

3. What relationship is necessary to nurture the young?
(a) Child's obedience to the father.
(b) Political alliance between king and queen.
(c) Political power of the father.
(d) Conjugal relationship between husband and wife.

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

5. What does political power directly affect?
(a) The equality between men and women.
(b) The literacy of a nation.
(c) The disposal of property.
(d) The distribution of wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first fundamental natural law?

2. How does Locke define legislative power?

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

4. What is federative power?

5. Who cannot give the injured party satisfaction?

Short Essay Questions

1. When do these parental duties cease?

2. What are a parent's duties?

3. Describe the power of the community legislature.

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

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

6. What freedom does the individual have in society?

7. How does Locke define political power?

8. What is the primary purpose of laws?

9. What does guardianship not include?

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

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