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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 rules should people know according to Locke?
(a) The rules about inheritance.
(b) The rules governing their rights.
(c) The rules about gender equality.
(d) The rules about property.

2. Who is described by Filmer as possibly having absolute power as a monarch?
(a) Eve.
(b) A property owner.
(c) King James.
(d) Adam.

3. According to Locke, what right do men have regarding murderers?
(a) The right to take his slaves.
(b) The right to take his property.
(c) The right to kill a murderer in the state of nature.
(d) The right to take his wife.

4. What is Locke's conclusion pertaining to the knowledge contained in the biblical scripture?
(a) That God said Eve was subservient to Adam's will.
(b) That God decreed that Adam be king.
(c) That it was not a grant from God to have power of all men.
(d) That slavery was acceptable.

5. What should have defined laws, according to Locke?
(a) Society.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Inheritance.
(d) Property ownership.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of government does Exodus imply according to Filmer?

2. What does the commonwealth give men?

3. In the First Treatise, what does Locke believe that the book Patriacha actually promotes?

4. For whom does the legislature make laws?

5. How does Locke say man establishes his right of property?

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