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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Chapter 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hobbes say that people are always seeking more power, wealth, or popularity?
(a) People can think.
(b) People believe in the supernatural.
(c) People are like animals.
(d) People are restless.

2. When does Hobbes say there is no crime?
(a) if the sin is not identified as important
(b) if it is not detected, there is no crime
(c) if there is no civil law, there is no crime
(d) if there is sin but no criminal intent, there is no crime

3. What option does Hobbes say everyone has?
(a) to live in misery or happiness
(b) to work or play
(c) to live or die
(d) to talk or be quiet

4. How may a commonwealth be formed?
(a) the first is by experience and the second is by heredity
(b) the first is by inheritance and the second is by accident
(c) the first is by election and the second is by popularity
(d) the first is by natural force or acquisition and the second is by mutual agreement.

5. What is the punishment of exile?
(a) when a person is put in prison
(b) when a person's property is confiscated
(c) when a person is banished from the commonwealth
(d) when a person is discredited and shamed

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hobbes identify as ecclesiasticals?

2. What are some of his voluntary motions?

3. What does Hobbes say people are either born with or develop?

4. What does Hobbes say is a problem people have of understanding the Kingdom of Darkness?

5. If he so wishes, what is a king allowed to do?

(see the answer key)

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