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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 are the ways in which, according to Hobbes, people can worship God?
(a) building great churches in the commonwealth
(b) animal sacrifices and giving of tithes
(c) self flagilations and mortifications
(d) through prayer, giving thanks, sacrifices and oblations

2. Why does Hobbes contend that no sovereign can do wrong to anyone under his authority?
(a) There is divine Right of Kings.
(b) They entered into the contract to create the sovereign.
(c) The sovereign is led by God.
(d) The sovereign is exempt from making mistakes.

3. Why does Hobbes suggest popular figures could be a danger to the commonwealth?
(a) The people will love them more than the sovereign.
(b) They have the power and charisma to move people in the wrong direction.
(c) They are entertainers who only want to put on a show.
(d) They know nothing about the workings of government.

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

5. What does Hobbes call reasoning with oneself?
(a) Marking
(b) Foolish
(c) Impossible
(d) Insanity

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in an assembly that cannot happen with a monarch?

2. How does Hobbes say people can poison others and thus promote the dissolution of the commonwealth?

3. Who is it that Hobbes says belong to the Kingdom of God?

4. What does Hobbes say is a hostile and illegal act by the authority?

5. How does Hobbes identify political systems?

(see the answer key)

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