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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Unless an ecclesiastical is also a king, what can he not do?
(a) teach the Bible
(b) order obedience
(c) lead a church
(d) work miracles

3. What does Hobbes refer to by the name of Tartarus?
(a) where the Apostle Paul was born and raised
(b) enemies of God who come from the East
(c) where dragons and monsters come from
(d) where non-believers are swallowed into a bottomless pit

4. What, according to Hobbes, is the first priority of the sovereign?
(a) to ensure the safety of the people
(b) to become known by other sovereigns
(c) to demand respect
(d) to build spnendid palaces

5. Why do God's miracles never go against the sovereign?
(a) God is not as powerful as the sovereign.
(b) The sovereign is not a prophet.
(c) It is not God's will to make people revolt against the leader of the nation.
(d) That would backfire on the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What warning does Hobbes give about prophets?

2. Who is it that Hobbes says belong to the Kingdom of God?

3. What does Hobbes say is God's right to establish His laws?

4. How does Hobbes classify the desire for absolute power?

5. What does Hobbes say only God knows?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hobbes conclude about the Scriptures?

2. What is Hobbes' opinion of philosophy?

3. What complication does Hobbes see in obeying the sovereign and God at the same time?

4. What is a main mistake Hobbes says religious people make?

5. What does Hobbes have to say about sin and crime?

6. What warning does Hobbes give about prophets?

7. What is Hobbes' idea about honoring God?

8. What is Hobbes' position on religious statues and icons?

9. How does Hobbes define a church?

10. What is Hobbes' position on crime and personal survival?

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