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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 think of using metaphors?
(a) They are improper.
(b) They are useful.
(c) They are never understood.
(d) They cost too much.

2. How can it be said that each man in a group has a voice?
(a) because no deaf mute is allowed to participate
(b) because their representative shares their same opinions
(c) because they all speak in unison
(d) because they get to speak one by one

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

4. What are some ways Hobbes describes the Spirit of God?
(a) the wind or a breath and sometimes it is a deep understanding and wisdom
(b) a strange sensation that causes one to speak in other languages
(c) a white light seen at the end of a tunnel
(d) a power so strong it moves mountains

5. How does Hobbes suggest that people reason?
(a) By adding or subtracting two thoughts
(b) By counting on fingers and toes
(c) By mathematical equations
(d) By first getting burned

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to be a contradiction in Hobbes' attitude toward protest?

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

3. What does Hobbes say a person is doing when he stops defending himself?

4. Why does law need interpretation?

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

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