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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are some of his voluntary motions?
(a) internals like digesting and breathing
(b) activities like hearing and seeing
(c) feelings like desire, appetite, love and hate
(d) functions like pulse and respiration

2. When is there nothing illegal or unjust in any action done by anyone?
(a) when the commonwealth is too spread out
(b) when there is no commonwealth
(c) when no one is looking
(d) when there are guidelines

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

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

5. Where does Hobbes insist people go when they disagree?
(a) To a judge
(b) To a teacher
(c) To the boxing ring
(d) To a priest

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why must people create a covenant or agreement to give power to one person, or small group of people?

3. How does Hobbes classify a person who speaks for himself?

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

5. What kinds of questions does Hobbes say people have little interest in?

(see the answer key)

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