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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hobbes describe his compound imagination?
(a) Like seeing a man and a horse and imagining a centaur
(b) Like seeing a carriage and a house and imagining a train
(c) Like seeing an appl and an orange and imagining a melon
(d) Like seeing a dog and a cat and imagining a kangaroo

2. What is Hobbes' idea about self-protection in natural law?
(a) In nature, every person has the right to protect his own life.
(b) With people it is not necessary.
(c) Humans have a right to preemptive strikes.
(d) It is not natural to protect oneself, it should be done by the commonwealth.

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

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

5. What needs to be given to the shy people?
(a) an economic bailout package
(b) encouragement to get out and attain what the others have
(c) large amounts of financial aid
(d) laws to prevent their abuse

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hobbes see the commonwealth?

2. How does Hobbes define a pact or covenant?

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

4. What does Hobbes identify as three basic human fears?

5. What are examples of Hobbes' involuntary motions?

(see the answer key)

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