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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Treatise of Government, Chapters 1-5, pp. 5-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Filmer attribute the power of fatherhood?
(a) All men.
(b) King James.
(c) All kings.
(d) Adam.

2. What does Filmer call the relationship between a man and his parents?
(a) The inheritance of kings.
(b) Royal or fatherly authority.
(c) Painful subjugation.
(d) The vested power.

3. What does Filmer propose is the cause for men being denied freedom?
(a) Illiteracy.
(b) Lack of property ownership.
(c) Adam's creation.
(d) Short lifespans.

4. What important argument does Locke refute in the First Treatise?
(a) That people must live peacefully together.
(b) That governments can have slaves.
(c) That men and women are equal.
(d) That Adam had the right to private dominion and absolute power over other men.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Filmer think is an ideal monarch?

3. Who is described by Filmer as possibly having absolute power as a monarch?

4. Which book in the bible discusses the creation of animals?

5. Who offers a compelling argument in favor of the right to rule?

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