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

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

3. Why must a sovereign publish and instruct people about his laws?
(a) because he had nothing better to do with his time
(b) because the people will then know how intelligent he is
(c) because otherwise people are in danger of being unjustly arrested
(d) because he can confuse the people otherwise

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

5. What does Hobbes say are the three types of commonwealth?
(a) common, formal and independent
(b) monarchies, democracies and aristocracies
(c) high, low and mediocre
(d) dictatorships, republics and anarchies

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is it that Hobbes says belong to the Kingdom of God?

2. How may a commonwealth be formed?

3. How does Hobbes classify a person who speaks for himself?

4. What, according to Hobbes, is the first priority of the sovereign?

5. What is one instance when a crime cannot be punished?

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