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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Hobbes suggest it is not logical to follow the Golden Rule?
(a) when there are no other people around
(b) when no one else is following it
(c) in times of war
(d) during a natural disaster

2. Why does Hobbes say men will give up some of their freedoms?
(a) when they are given other freedoms in return
(b) when it does not cost them anything
(c) to seek protection for their lives and those of their family
(d) when they go to prison

3. What is one instance when a crime cannot be punished?
(a) a perpetrator is incapable of knowing right and wrong
(b) the crime has not been discovered
(c) an act is committed before there was a law forbidding it
(d) an act is claimed to be by order of the sovereign

4. How does Hobbes define punishment?
(a) doing away with the death penalty
(b) not sparing the rod and spoiling the child
(c) putting innocent people in prison
(d) an evil inflicted when a subject has committed a crime

5. What does Hobbes say is a hostile and illegal act by the authority?
(a) a person is injured by public authority without public condemnation
(b) indictment after very long investigations
(c) searches of a person's homes
(d) holding trials too quickly after a crime has been charged

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can passion for power be dangerous?

2. What does Hobbes say is needed to protect people from danger?

3. Why does Hobbes say that having friends, followers, and servants is the greatest power?

4. What is Hobbes' idea about self-protection in natural law?

5. What does Hobbes call the blood flow of a commonwealth?

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