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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. Who is a person who speaks directly to God and is a predictor of the future according to Hobbes?
(a) a visionary
(b) a prophet
(c) a soothsayer
(d) a vizier

2. What warning does Hobbes give about prophets?
(a) Some may be too powerful and miraculous to trust.
(b) Some may not understand what God wants them to say.
(c) Some people may try to pass themselves off as a prophet for their own gain.
(d) Some may be prophets only for a short time.

3. What does Hobbes call a third law of nature?
(a) justice
(b) habitation
(c) the inevitability of death
(d) security

4. What is a counselor's disadvantage in speaking only to one man?
(a) He can be misquoted.
(b) He can be attacked.
(c) He can be more forceful.
(d) He can be interrupted.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes mean by anything spoken by God and those concerning Him and his government?

2. What does Hobbes identify as the two ways one can hold sway over others?

3. What does Hobbes define as moral virtues?

4. Why does law need interpretation?

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

(see the answer key)

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