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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. What is the meaning of excommunication?

2. What did the Jews do with the concept of demons they got from the Greeks?

3. What does Hobbes say the goal of the Bible is?

4. Why do God's miracles never go against the sovereign?

5. What does Hobbes say is the first of four causes of spiritual darkness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What warning does Hobbes give about prophets?

2. What does Hobbes conclude about the Scriptures?

3. What is Hobbes' opinion of philosophy?

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

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

6. What is Hobbes' idea about honoring God?

7. What is a leader supposed to do in addition to establishing punishments?

8. Briefly identify Hobbes' definition of the opposite of God.

9. Briefly describe Hobbes' idea of punishment.

10. From what source does Hobbes insist the idea of demons came?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper speculating what Hobbes would have to say about popular science fictions today. Explain the things he would find objectionable and give examples of books, movies, or video games in your paper. For extra enjoyment, you might want to write the paper in the form of a dialogue.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper on the effectiveness of punishments to control a commonwealth. How has that been carried to unreasonable extreme by such regimes as Saddam Hussein in Iraq? What, in your opinion, are the most effective punishments?

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