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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. What kinds of questions does Hobbes say people have little interest in?
(a) things that have no known answers
(b) things that involve faith
(c) things that have to do with the supernatural
(d) things that have absolute answers like math and science

2. What does Hobbes say ends a discourse?
(a) A person speaks a different language.
(b) A person runs out of anything to say.
(c) A person learns the answer to a question or he/she gives up.
(d) A person grows tired of talking and shuts up.

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

4. Why can passion for power be dangerous?
(a) People can use evil means to get power.
(b) People cannot achieve it.
(c) People can be deceived.
(d) People can be electrocuted.

5. What type of book is LEVIATHAN?
(a) A book about comparative religion
(b) A book of political philosophy
(c) A book about large fish
(d) A science fiction book

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are examples of Hobbes' involuntary motions?

3. What example does Hobbes give as a meaningless combination of words?

4. Why does Hobbes say that people attribute the unknown to ghosts, spirits, or other things that can never exist?

5. Who does Hobbes insist is of the greatest value to a commonwealth?

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