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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 argue about the inheritance of power and the right to rule?
(a) That it belongs to the firstborn child.
(b) That it comes only to Noah's descendants.
(c) That it is not predetermined by birthright.
(d) That it comes only to Adam's descendants.

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

3. How does Locke define legislative power?
(a) The power to execute law.
(b) How a community uses resources for the preservation and betterment of society.
(c) The power to transfer resource ownership.
(d) The power to decide who owns what in society.

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

5. What does Locke argue that the people hold as supreme and unalterable?
(a) The legislature.
(b) Natural law.
(c) The government.
(d) Absolute monarchy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the only party who has the right to seek reparations?

3. To understand political power, what is important to have?

4. What should judges be held accountable for?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the power of the community legislature.

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

6. What right does political power have that paternal power lacks?

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

8. When do these parental duties cease?

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

10. What does guardianship not include?

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