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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 is the first right of a sovereign power?
(a) the right to remain in power
(b) the right to own slaves
(c) the right to keep changing the laws to its advantage
(d) the right to live in a palace

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

3. What does Hobbes define as moral virtues?
(a) justice, gratitude, modesty, equity, and mercy
(b) fearing, obeying, ordering, and supplanting
(c) sharing, educating, explaining, and contributing
(d) conforming, working, learning, and manufacturing

4. What can the commonwealth do to check bad behavior of its citizens?
(a) Provide everything for the subjects.
(b) Put everyone into servitude.
(c) Put power limits on subjects of the nation.
(d) Increase the quality of education.

5. What kind of idea does Hobbes classify as good wit?
(a) one so unique that nobody else would have thought of it
(b) one that produces only good results
(c) one open to argument and debate
(d) one that everyone can agree to

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Hobbes say people attribute that which is unknown?

2. What does Hobbes call reasoning with oneself?

3. What is an example of Hobbes' unprovable discourse?

4. What option does Hobbes say everyone has?

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

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