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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 results are there when an actor makes a contract?
(a) The contract is invalid.
(b) The author is not bound to it.
(c) The author is also bound.
(d) The contract must be approved.

2. Why does Hobbes say that people are always seeking more power, wealth, or popularity?
(a) People can think.
(b) People are like animals.
(c) People believe in the supernatural.
(d) People are restless.

3. 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.

4. What is the sovereign's right in legal matters?
(a) the right to confiscate property when two or more subjects cannot get along
(b) the right to deny legal process to anyone he shooces
(c) the right to make decisions basked on his mood
(d) the right to judge all controversies between his people

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two factors does Hobbes believe control mental discourse?

2. What, left uncontrolled, does Hobbes say can lead to misery and unhappiness?

3. What does Hobbes accept when peace is impossible?

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

5. Why does Hobbes say that virtue is comparative?

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