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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapters 36 & 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a fundamental interest on the part of a counselor?
(a) for the good of those that he counsels
(b) to deceive the people
(c) to hide his motives
(d) to get his own way

2. What can a man do when speaking to a group?
(a) read from a prepared speech
(b) use oratory tools to persuade and win over the group
(c) force others to remain silent
(d) stand behind a podium to protect himself

3. What is needed to be able to judge what is just or unjust?
(a) judges
(b) statistics
(c) contracts
(d) lawyers

4. Why does law need interpretation?
(a) in order to apply it to distinct situations
(b) in order to change its meanings
(c) in order to make sure it is not understood
(d) in order to confuse the public

5. What does Hobbes define as moral virtues?
(a) justice, gratitude, modesty, equity, and mercy
(b) conforming, working, learning, and manufacturing
(c) fearing, obeying, ordering, and supplanting
(d) sharing, educating, explaining, and contributing

Short Answer Questions

1. What warning does Hobbes give about prophets?

2. What does Hobbes mean when he says something must be strange and uncommon so people can believe it is the true work of God?

3. Who does Hobbes identify as the Supreme Prophet?

4. What does Hobbes call a third law of nature?

5. What is a counselor's disadvantage in speaking only to one man?

(see the answer key)

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