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

2. What are examples of Hobbes' involuntary motions?
(a) writing, feeling, and sleeping
(b) thinking, eating, and reading
(c) planning, acting, and rejoicing
(d) breathing, blood flow, and other bodily functions

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

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

5. What does Hobbes say people are either born with or develop?
(a) hair and fingernails
(b) personalities and names
(c) fingers and toes
(d) appetites and aversions

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hobbes say about controlling thoughts?

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

4. Why can passion for power be dangerous?

5. What are some of his voluntary motions?

(see the answer key)

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