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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapters 39, 40, & 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What results are there when an actor makes a contract?
(a) The author is also bound.
(b) The contract is invalid.
(c) The author is not bound to it.
(d) The contract must be approved.

2. Why does Hobbes say that people are always seeking more power, wealth, or popularity?
(a) People believe in the supernatural.
(b) People can think.
(c) People are like animals.
(d) People are restless.

3. What does Hobbes say awaits people who do not believe in Christ or the Kingdom of God?
(a) an eternal death after judgment
(b) vanishing into nothing
(c) poverty and hard labor on earth
(d) reincarnation until they get it right

4. What are the ways in which, according to Hobbes, people can worship God?
(a) through prayer, giving thanks, sacrifices and oblations
(b) animal sacrifices and giving of tithes
(c) building great churches in the commonwealth
(d) self flagilations and mortifications

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is impunity?

2. What does Hobbes say is granted to Christians who are good citizens of their commonwealth?

3. When a multitude becomes one group, what must they select?

4. What do counsels for the aristocracy generally do?

5. What two systems does Hobbes define within a commonwealth?

(see the answer key)

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