View a FREE sample

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 the power should not be used for?
(a) To wage war.
(b) To destroy or enslave the members of society.
(c) To destroy a neighbor's property.
(d) To own property.

2. When a person violates the state of liberty, what does Locke say must ensue?
(a) War.
(b) The offender must be punished.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Negotiations.

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

4. What is federative power?
(a) The government controls from Washington D.C.
(b) The government can overthrow state decisions.
(c) The government has absolute power.
(d) The government acts as one power for the security of society.

5. To understand political power, what is important to have?
(a) A desire to rule.
(b) A state of equality.
(c) A state of perfect freedom for men.
(d) A knowledge of legal literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a father dies, onto whom does parental duty fall?

2. What power gives the right to make laws?

3. Where does the authority to make laws come from?

4. What right does Locke say any citizen has regarding crimes?

5. What rules should people know according to Locke?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who has the right to seek reparations?

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

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

6. What does guardianship not include?

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

8. What are a parent's duties?

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

10. What freedom does the individual have in society?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 541 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample