Leviathan Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Leviathan Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Hobbes say people attribute that which is unknown?

2. Why do people want to make a covenant and select sovereigns?

3. Why does law need interpretation?

4. How does Hobbes classify discourse that cannot be proven?

5. What is Hobbes' only conditionality regarding all people being created equal?

Short Essay Questions

1. In any political situation, what does Hobbes identify as a basic right?

2. How does Hobbes describe a despotic dominion?

3. Why does Hobbes insist that the people cannot protest against a sovereign?

4. Why does Hobbes say men will give up some of their freedoms?

5. How does Hobbes say that a group may be classified as an author?

6. How does Hobbes identify skepticism in regards to belief?

7. What is one advantage Hobbes sees in a monarchy?

8. How does Hobbes illustrate what he calls compound imagination?

9. Describe briefly Hobbes' contract of a commonwealth.

10. What are the two ways Hobbes says a commonwealth is created?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

For the serious student, write a paper comparing Hobbes' LEVIATHAN to Machiavelli's THE PRINCE. There are similarities in both men's position with the nobility as well as some of the strictness of their ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on whether you agree with Hobbes that the power of the sovereign cannot be challenged. Think in terms of sovereign powers today and what they are like when the right of challenge is removed from the people.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper on the subject of self protection and not incriminating oneself. In a court of law, what do most people assume when someone takes the 5th Amendment and refuses to answer a question? How could you improve on that legal protection?

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