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

2. To be sure one has found reason, what is necessary?
(a) The soverign must be consulted.
(b) It must stand the test of time.
(c) All affirmations and negations must be considered.
(d) The negations must be discarded.

3. What does the commonwealth need to successfully control the society?
(a) important welfare programs to help the poor
(b) the cooperation of neighboring principalities
(c) ample money to maintain the economy
(d) power over people to administer punishments

4. How does Hobbes classify a person who speaks for himself?
(a) As an author
(b) As a diplomat
(c) As a boaster
(d) As a politician

5. What is needed to be able to judge what is just or unjust?
(a) statistics
(b) contracts
(c) lawyers
(d) judges

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes say is needed to protect people from danger?

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

3. What are examples of Hobbes' involuntary motions?

4. How does Hobbes define liberty?

5. How does Hobbes say a commonwealth is taken by acquisition?

(see the answer key)

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