Second Treatise of Government Quizzes

Second Treatise of Government Quiz 1

1 What year was the Second Treatise of Government published?
1704

1688

1652

1690
2 Who was Locke's friend, patron, and intellectual consort?
Richard Hooker

William Barclay

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury

William of Normandy
3 Whose work did Locke seek to refute in both Treatises?
Richard Hooker

Thomas Hobbes

John Rawls

Sir Robert Filmer
4 Which event did scholars initially believe Locke was writing the Second Treatise about?
The Glorious Revolution

The French Revolution

The Rye House Plot

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

Rene Descartes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Thomas Hobbes
6 What did Locke pursue his advanced degrees at Oxford in?
Theology

Medicine

Rhetoric

Mathematics
7 Where was Locke in exile in the 1680s?
The Netherlands

France

Spain

Holland
8 Which of the following is also a work of John Locke's?
Politics

Patriarcha, or, the Divine Right of Kings

Democracy in America

Essay on Human Understanding
9 The First Treatise is primarily concerned with
Upholding the power of absolute monarchs

Contrasting the state of nature with civil society

Rebutting the theory of the divine right of kings

Advocating democracy
10 Which monarch fled the kingdom when William of Normandy invaded in 1688?
James I

Charles I

James II

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

David

Adam

Jephthah
12 In a state of nature, all men
Have perfect freedom to maintain and order their life, liberty, and possessions

Must obey one central authority

Are not equal to other men

May make decisions for themselves that disregard other men
13 What is the law of nature?
Equality

Intelligence

Power

Reason
14 Men are the property of
God

No one

Other men

Themselves
15 A man can only take another man's life, liberty, or property if
The man violated the law of nature by using force

He has need of the man’s property

He believes God told him to do so

He is ordered to do so by another man
16 Who has the right of punishment in a state of nature?
The executive power

The man who was wronged and all other men

Only the man who was wronged

Only other men, not the one who was wronged
17 Why are civil governments formed?
Because men are inherently evil and cannot live peaceably with one another

Because an absolute monarch is divinely appointed to form a commonwealth

To remedy the problems of the state of nature, such as men being impartial judges

To legitimately make war on another commonwealth
18 Does Locke believe men were ever in a state of nature?
Yes, in his own country of England

Yes, in any society that existed before government and in some parts of America

No, this is only hypothetical and for the purposes of argument

Maybe, but he does not claim to be sure either way
19 In a state of war,
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

Divine law advocating passive resistance is the only available option

The conditions are no different from that of a state of nature
20 Even if there is a common judge in a civil society, a state of war can still exist when
When a man is killed

When a commonwealth goes to war against another commonwealth

When the executive power exercises prerogative

When force without right is used
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?
Jephthah

Zachariah

Abel

Hezekiah
22 The natural liberty of man
Is that man should be under the divine rule of a monarch

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
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 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

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

No one should be able to enslave or take the life away from another without their consent

It is the state of war continued between conqueror and conquered

The only legitimate way to be enslaved is if you forfeited your life by using force against another
25 God gave the world to
The upper classes

Divine monarchs

Men who decide to form a commonwealth

All men in common

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?

I find his arguments convincing. A civil society can only exist when men agree to form a government. They cannot be forced into swearing fealty or pledging submission; it must be voluntary. Men agree to form a compact and invest power in an...

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

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