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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10, pp. 37-73.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Filmer claim is the relationship between men and creatures?
(a) Men are equal to all creatures.
(b) Men live in opposition to all creatures.
(c) Men consume all creatures.
(d) Men have sole ownership over all creatures.

2. What belief, according to Locke, prevents the right to natural freedom?
(a) Divine right to rule.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Migration.
(d) Marriage.

3. On what does Filmer base most of his theories for monarchy?
(a) The right of property owners.
(b) The right of the rich.
(c) The right of inheritance.
(d) The right of the bourgeoise.

4. What two powers are considered identical by Filmer?
(a) The power of marriage and the power of childbirth.
(b) The right to own a slave and the right to fight.
(c) The power of the fathers and the power of kings.
(d) The right to own property and the right to marry someone of your own choice.

5. What does Locke say he cannot find proof for in the First Treatise?
(a) That ordinary men can own property.
(b) The royalty's claim to rule by divine right through the sovereignty of Adam.
(c) Adam's right to be supreme.
(d) That slavery is legal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What belief does Locke not challenge in the First Treatise?

2. The king's right to supremacy over subjects is similar to what other power mentioned in the first five chapters of the book?

3. What does Filmer believe about the relationship between men and parents?

4. What distinction does Locke make regarding gender and power?

5. How does Filmer define the relationship between man and other creatures?

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