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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapters 11 & 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Hobbes say people attribute that which is unknown?
(a) to imagination
(b) to scientific researsh
(c) to ghosts and spirits
(d) to God and religion

2. Why does Hobbes say that people attribute the unknown to ghosts, spirits, or other things that can never exist?
(a) They have had experience with seances.
(b) They do not know how to think logically.
(c) They have experienced the supernatural.
(d) They believe in astrology.

3. What two factors does Hobbes believe control mental discourse?
(a) Love and hate
(b) Education and experience
(c) Vocabulary and definitions
(d) Desire and fear

4. How does Hobbes classify intellectual virtue?
(a) having insight into spiritual matters
(b) having natural innocence
(c) having a high IQ
(d) having natural wit or a quick imagination

5. How does Hobbes classify discourse that cannot be proven?
(a) scientific
(b) theorems
(c) attitudes
(d) opinion

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hobbes say that people are always seeking more power, wealth, or popularity?

2. To be sure one has found reason, what is necessary?

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

4. What is the term he uses for reasoning with another person?

5. What kind of idea does Hobbes classify as good wit?

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