1. Locke's 'Two Treatises of Government' were taken nearly verbatim and used to justify
A. Portuguese independence from Spain
B. the Peace of Westphalia
C. the American Revolution
D. the Partition of Poland
E. the War of the Spanish Succession
2. While Thomas Hobbes' political views were in part influenced by the English Civil War and Interregnum, John Locke's were influenced by the
A. English Restoration
B. American Revolution
C. 1707 Act of Unity
D. 1688 Glorious Revolution
E. Convention Parliament
3. Due to Hobbes' belief that man was inherently selfish and in need of a strong governmental hand, he concluded that the only correct form of government is
A. military junta
B. absolute monarchy
C. republic
D. democracy
E. communism
4. What institution of higher learning did both Hobbes and Locke attend?
A. Harvard
B. Cambridge
C. Leeds
D. Oxford
F. Trinity College
5. Locke believed that the social contract between monarch and subjects could be broken by the people if
A. the king died without an heir
B. the people disliked the king
C. the king ruled arbitrarily and unfairly
D. the king did not call Parliament
E. The king taxed the public
1. Locke's 'Two Treatises of Government' were taken nearly verbatim and used to justify
A. Portuguese independence from Spain
B. the Peace of Westphalia
C. the American Revolution
D. the Partition of Poland
E. the War of the Spanish Succession
2. While Thomas Hobbes' political views were in part influenced by the English Civil War and Interregnum, John Locke's were influenced by the
A. English Restoration
B. American Revolution
C. 1707 Act of Unity
D. 1688 Glorious Revolution
E. Convention Parliament
3. Due to Hobbes' belief that man was inherently selfish and in need of a strong governmental hand, he concluded that the only correct form of government is
A. military junta
B. absolute monarchy
C. republic
D. democracy
E. communism
4. What institution of higher learning did both Hobbes and Locke attend?
A. Harvard
B. Cambridge
C. Leeds
D. Oxford
F. Trinity College
5. Locke believed that the social contract between monarch and subjects could be broken by the people if
A. the king died without an heir
B. the people disliked the king
C. the king ruled arbitrarily and unfairly
D. the king did not call Parliament
E. The king taxed the public
