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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11- 15, pp. 182 - 204.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens upon the death of Adam according to Filmer?
(a) Chaos and anarchy.
(b) Takeover from rival.
(c) Division of authority.
(d) Father's estate goes to the eldest son.

2. What does Locke believe contradicts civil society?
(a) Natural freedom.
(b) Absolute monarchy.
(c) Freedom to vote.
(d) Freedom of speech.

3. The king's right to supremacy over subjects is similar to what other power mentioned in the first five chapters of the book?
(a) Filmer over his followers.
(b) The head of slaves to other slaves.
(c) Adam's right to supremacy over his family.
(d) The court jester's desire to flatter the monarch.

4. To support what theory does Locke employ numerous citations?
(a) The right to own slaves.
(b) The need for subservience in children.
(c) The divine right to rule inherited by Adam.
(d) The equality of power between both parents.

5. How does Locke believe that natural freedom and the rule of parents fit together?
(a) Natural freedom opposes all parental rule.
(b) Natural freedom is stolen from children by their parents.
(c) Natural freedom is given to children by parents.
(d) Children have to be old enough to understand the law of reason and are free until this age.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does Filmer base most of his theories for monarchy?

2. What order did the first man in the world receive from God?

3. What important argument does Locke refute in the First Treatise?

4. What commandment applies to men and women according to Locke?

5. What claim of Filmer's does Locke dispute?

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