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

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

4. How does Hobbes define injustice of an action?
(a) a lawsuit
(b) accidents
(c) premeditation
(d) injury

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Hobbes define as moral virtues?

4. When is there nothing illegal or unjust in any action done by anyone?

5. Why does law need interpretation?

(see the answer key)

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