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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most laws exist for?

2. What is the one supreme power over the commonwealth?

3. What does political power directly affect?

4. What should no human sanction oppose according to Locke?

5. What duty does Locke believe ends when a child is of reasonable age?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the purpose for taxes.

3. Who has the right to seek reparations?

4. What are a parent's duties?

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

6. How does Locke define political power?

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

8. What is the relationship of the legislative to the people?

9. When do these parental duties cease?

10. Describe the power of the community legislature.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does gender equality affect the proper guardianship of children according to Locke? Do mothers have equal, more, or less rights than fathers? Explain, using evidence from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

According to Locke, what freedom does a child gain or lose when he lives with his parents? What freedom does he gain or lose when he grows up and moves away? Explain how a child's relationship, power, and responsibilities to his parents change when he is of a reasonable age, using evidence from the Two Treatises of Government to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

According to Locke, how does absolute monarchy create slavery among men? Find examples from the book that support this claim.

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