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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Locke believe is the kind of government when the whole community is involved?

2. What is the first fundamental natural law?

3. What risk does Locke determine war creates for man?

4. What does the commonwealth give men?

5. What does Locke believe that the First Treatise proves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who determines when parental duties cease?

2. Describe what Locke believes is the relationship between parents and children.

3. What does guardianship not include?

4. What is the primary purpose of laws?

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

6. Describe the purpose for taxes.

7. Describe what Locke believes his First Treatise proves about Adam and his sons' rights.

8. What freedom does the individual have in society?

9. What are a parent's duties?

10. When does man have the right to stop another person's rights?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Locke, what significance does birthright have in determining a person's right to rule? Write about the role of inheritance in creating a government for the people according to Locke.

Essay Topic 2

Why does it matter according to Locke whether Noah divided the world among his sons? What does it imply about divine rights? Explain, using the same expository style of writing employed by Locke to provide a persuasive argument.

Essay Topic 3

According to Locke, what freedom does a child gain or lose when he lives with his parents? What freedom does he gain or lose when he grows up and moves away? Explain how a child's relationship, power, and responsibilities to his parents change when he is of a reasonable age, using evidence from the Two Treatises of Government to support your claims.

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