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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 20 & 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Hobbes accept when peace is impossible?
(a) diplomacy
(b) hiding
(c) surrender
(d) war

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

4. What is the term he uses for reasoning with another person?
(a) Signifying
(b) Arguing
(c) disconcerting
(d) Stygmatizing

5. What type of book is LEVIATHAN?
(a) A book of political philosophy
(b) A book about comparative religion
(c) A science fiction book
(d) A book about large fish

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hobbes say that people attribute the unknown to ghosts, spirits, or other things that can never exist?

2. What is Hobbes' idea about self-protection in natural law?

3. Why does Hobbes say that having friends, followers, and servants is the greatest power?

4. What do counsels for the aristocracy generally do?

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

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