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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hobbes say is the purpose of punishment?
(a) to show who is boss
(b) to keep the criminals off the streets
(c) to have a public entertainment when someone is flogged
(d) to prevent people from breaking the law

2. How does Hobbes describe his compound imagination?
(a) Like seeing a carriage and a house and imagining a train
(b) Like seeing a dog and a cat and imagining a kangaroo
(c) Like seeing an appl and an orange and imagining a melon
(d) Like seeing a man and a horse and imagining a centaur

3. What, left uncontrolled, does Hobbes say can lead to misery and unhappiness?
(a) pride, sloth, and gluttany
(b) hunger, alcohol, and hedonism
(c) competition, harmful shyness, and vain glory
(d) personality, education, and drive

4. What is a counselor's disadvantage in speaking only to one man?
(a) He can be more forceful.
(b) He can be attacked.
(c) He can be interrupted.
(d) He can be misquoted.

5. In his comparison of the commonwealth to the body, what does Hobbes identify as the role of the sovereign?
(a) the soul of the commonwealth, which is the body
(b) the head of the commonwealth, which is the mind
(c) the father of the commonwealth, which is his responsibility
(d) the spine of the commonwealth, which keeps it erect

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Hobbes suggest it is not logical to follow the Golden Rule?

2. Why does Hobbes say that virtue is comparative?

3. What, according to Hobbes, is the first priority of the sovereign?

4. How does Hobbes identify political systems?

5. How does Hobbes classify discourse that cannot be proven?

(see the answer key)

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