Second Treatise of Government Quizzes

Second Treatise of Government Quiz 1

1 What year was the Second Treatise of Government published?
1690

1652

1688

1704
2 Who was Locke's friend, patron, and intellectual consort?
William Barclay

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury

William of Normandy

Richard Hooker
3 Whose work did Locke seek to refute in both Treatises?
Thomas Hobbes

Sir Robert Filmer

Richard Hooker

John Rawls
4 Which event did scholars initially believe Locke was writing the Second Treatise about?
The Rye House Plot

The American Revolution

The Glorious Revolution

The French Revolution
5 Who wrote Leviathan, a work Locke alluded to in the Second Treatise but did not mention outright?
Rene Descartes

Aristotle

Thomas Hobbes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
6 What did Locke pursue his advanced degrees at Oxford in?
Medicine

Rhetoric

Theology

Mathematics
7 Where was Locke in exile in the 1680s?
France

Holland

The Netherlands

Spain
8 Which of the following is also a work of John Locke's?
Essay on Human Understanding

Patriarcha, or, the Divine Right of Kings

Politics

Democracy in America
9 The First Treatise is primarily concerned with
Advocating democracy

Contrasting the state of nature with civil society

Rebutting the theory of the divine right of kings

Upholding the power of absolute monarchs
10 Which monarch fled the kingdom when William of Normandy invaded in 1688?
James II

Charles I

James I

Charles II
11 Political theorists who advocated the divine right of kings believed their rule was legitimated by that of
David

Jephthah

Jesus

Adam
12 In a state of nature, all men
Must obey one central authority

May make decisions for themselves that disregard other men

Have perfect freedom to maintain and order their life, liberty, and possessions

Are not equal to other men
13 What is the law of nature?
Intelligence

Reason

Power

Equality
14 Men are the property of
Themselves

God

Other men

No one
15 A man can only take another man's life, liberty, or property if
He is ordered to do so by another man

He believes God told him to do so

He has need of the man’s property

The man violated the law of nature by using force
16 Who has the right of punishment in a state of nature?
Only the man who was wronged

The executive power

The man who was wronged and all other men

Only other men, not the one who was wronged
17 Why are civil governments formed?
To legitimately make war on another commonwealth

Because an absolute monarch is divinely appointed to form a commonwealth

Because men are inherently evil and cannot live peaceably with one another

To remedy the problems of the state of nature, such as men being impartial judges
18 Does Locke believe men were ever in a state of nature?
No, this is only hypothetical and for the purposes of argument

Yes, in his own country of England

Maybe, but he does not claim to be sure either way

Yes, in any society that existed before government and in some parts of America
19 In a state of war,
Divine law advocating passive resistance is the only available option

The conditions are no different from that of a state of nature

A man has the right to destroy that which threatens him with destruction

A man has no recourse but to suffer the force used against him
20 Even if there is a common judge in a civil society, a state of war can still exist when
When the executive power exercises prerogative

When force without right is used

When a commonwealth goes to war against another commonwealth

When a man is killed
21 Which biblical figure does Locke use as an example of one who had to appeal to God when there was no earthly superior to appeal to?
Zachariah

Hezekiah

Jephthah

Abel
22 The natural liberty of man
Is that man is to be free from any superior power on earth and is only to be ruled by natural law

Is that man should live in a state of war with his brethren

Is that man should be under a legislative authority

Is that man should be under the divine rule of a monarch
23 What is freedom of men under government?
They should be under the authority of a divinely-appointed ruler whose will is supreme

They should be able to make the laws themselves and change them if they desire

They should have a standing law to follow made by the legislative power, and should be free from the arbitrary will of another man

They should be free to take the executive power into their own hands
24 Which of the following statements about slavery according to Locke is FALSE?
The state of slavery is continued even if a compact is formed between the master and the slave

The only legitimate way to be enslaved is if you forfeited your life by using force against another

It is the state of war continued between conqueror and conquered

No one should be able to enslave or take the life away from another without their consent
25 God gave the world to
The upper classes

Divine monarchs

All men in common

Men who decide to form a commonwealth

Does Locke believe that a majority may make decisions for all?

From the text:

In the community created by the social contract, the will of the majority should prevail, subject to the law of nature.

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Locke’s description of the origins of society and government is convincing?

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Locke’s description of the origins of society and government is convincing?

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