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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. What does Hobbes call an evil inflicted on a person who has usurped or forged his or her power?
(a) necessary punishment
(b) a vigilante form of government
(c) might makes right
(d) an act of hostility

2. What does Hobbes call the blood flow of a commonwealth?
(a) religion
(b) military power
(c) money
(d) voting rights

3. What kind of idea does Hobbes classify as good wit?
(a) one that everyone can agree to
(b) one so unique that nobody else would have thought of it
(c) one open to argument and debate
(d) one that produces only good results

4. What two systems does Hobbes define within a commonwealth?
(a) tyranny and ordinary
(b) democrat and republican
(c) private and political
(d) open and closed

5. How does Hobbes identify political systems?
(a) those which are entirely run by negotiation
(b) those which are granted status by the sovereign
(c) those which are only governed by an assembly
(d) thise which are regulated by majority consensus

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes say is the purpose of punishment?

2. How does Hobbes classify intellectual virtue?

3. When does Hobbes suggest it is not logical to follow the Golden Rule?

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

5. How may a commonwealth be formed?

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