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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose power in society does Locke say must be for the good of the society as a whole?
(a) The legislator's.
(b) The slave owner's.
(c) The monarch's.
(d) The property owner's.

2. What is the first fundamental natural law?
(a) To do as you please.
(b) To have children.
(c) Preserve society and people in it.
(d) To be free.

3. What law determines when the guardianship ends?
(a) The law of property ownership.
(b) The law of primogeniture.
(c) The law of self-governance.
(d) The municipal law of the country.

4. What duty does Locke believe ends when a child is of reasonable age?
(a) Society's duty to educate the child.
(b) Society's duty to accept the child.
(c) The parent's duty to feed the child.
(d) The parent's duty as a guardian.

5. What happens in a state of liberty?
(a) The loudest dominates.
(b) Power and jurisdiction are reciprocal.
(c) Nature takes over.
(d) Anarchy begins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What power does Locke argue that a man can only be subject to by choice?

2. To whom does Locke determine that parental power belongs?

3. What relationship is necessary to nurture the young?

4. What two government powers does Locke argue should remain separate?

5. What do most laws exist for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the purpose for taxes.

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

3. What does guardianship not include?

4. When and how does a child follow the law of reason?

5. Describe the power of the community legislature.

6. What can parents always expect from their children even after guardianship has ended?

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

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

9. How does Locke define political power?

10. What freedom does the individual have in society?

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