Quiz: A Letter Concerning Toleration

10 questions drawn at random. Score 80% for a silver medal.

1. 1. What, according to Locke, would follow if people were born members of a church?

   Faith would pass by inheritance like lands Churches could not make laws The magistrate would have to choose the church There could be no excommunication
2. 2. What does Locke call “the chief Characteristical Mark of the True Church”?

   Toleration Orthodoxy of faith Antiquity Apostolic succession
3. 3. What does Popple’s preface say England stands in need of?

   Absolute, just and impartial liberty A new Declaration of Indulgence An Act of Comprehension for Presbyterians A national synod to settle doctrine
4. 4. What alone, says Locke, can change men’s opinions?

   Light and evidence Penalties and rewards Custom and education The authority of councils
5. 5. When, according to Locke, do zealots preach toleration?

   When they are in favour with the court and its ministers When their doctrines are certain When they lack the power to persecute When the magistrate asks them to
6. 6. Why, according to Locke’s first consideration, can the people not give the magistrate care of their souls?

   No one can make his faith follow another’s dictates The people are too ignorant to choose a religion well The magistrate is usually an unbeliever Only bishops can receive power over souls by succession
7. 7. What point does Locke make with the Turkish emperor?

   Christians should convert the Turks by argument, not by force Neither an infidel nor a Christian ruler can give a church coercive power Churches should seek protection from whichever ruler is strongest The Turks are more tolerant of Christian sects than Christians are
8. 8. What example does Locke give of a speculative opinion that harms no neighbour?

   A Quaker’s refusal to swear oaths before a court of law A Catholic’s belief that the bread is Christ’s body A Socinian’s denial of the Trinity An Anabaptist’s rejection of infant baptism
9. 9. Why does refusing an excommunicated person the bread and wine do him no civil injury?

   The sacrament has no value outside the church They were bought with other men’s money, not his The magistrate permits it He has already received them once
10. 10. Which two churches does Locke imagine living side by side in Constantinople?

    Quakers and Anabaptists Greek Orthodox and Armenians Roman Catholics and Lutherans Arminians and Calvinists