Leviathan Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Leviathan Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Hobbes insist is of the greatest value to a commonwealth?
(a) the minister
(b) the teacher
(c) the sovreign
(d) the banker

2. Why can passion for power be dangerous?
(a) People can use evil means to get power.
(b) People can be deceived.
(c) People cannot achieve it.
(d) People can be electrocuted.

3. Why must people create a covenant or agreement to give power to one person, or small group of people?
(a) Too many cooks spoil the broth.
(b) That is the natural way of doing things.
(c) Some think too highly of themselves or blow things out of proportion.
(d) It is not possible to assemble all the people all the time.

4. What is one instance when a crime cannot be punished?
(a) an act is committed before there was a law forbidding it
(b) a perpetrator is incapable of knowing right and wrong
(c) an act is claimed to be by order of the sovereign
(d) the crime has not been discovered

5. What does Hobbes say a person is doing when he stops defending himself?
(a) depending on the commonwealth
(b) surrendering his life and his possessions
(c) practicing the Golden Rule
(d) doing the right thing

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes say is the purpose of punishment?

2. What two systems does Hobbes define within a commonwealth?

3. What does Hobbes say is a hostile and illegal act by the authority?

4. What kind of idea does Hobbes classify as good wit?

5. What is Hobbes' idea about ownership of commodities in a commonwealth?

(see the answer key)

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