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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapters 36 & 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does law need interpretation?
(a) in order to change its meanings
(b) in order to confuse the public
(c) in order to make sure it is not understood
(d) in order to apply it to distinct situations

2. What is needed to be able to judge what is just or unjust?
(a) lawyers
(b) judges
(c) statistics
(d) contracts

3. What does Hobbes call the intention to do wrong or harm another?
(a) injustice before the action is carried out
(b) nothing illegal
(c) a bad idea
(d) absence of forethought

4. What is a counselor's disadvantage in speaking only to one man?
(a) He can be interrupted.
(b) He can be more forceful.
(c) He can be attacked.
(d) He can be misquoted.

5. What does Hobbes call a third law of nature?
(a) the inevitability of death
(b) justice
(c) security
(d) habitation

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a fundamental interest on the part of a counselor?

2. What does Hobbes define as moral virtues?

3. How does Hobbes define injustice of an action?

4. What does Hobbes mean when he says something must be strange and uncommon so people can believe it is the true work of God?

5. What does Hobbes identify as the two ways one can hold sway over others?

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