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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 is impunity?
(a) exemption from the law
(b) inaccurate knowledge of the law
(c) persecution by the law
(d) punishment by the law

2. When does Hobbes say there is no crime?
(a) if the sin is not identified as important
(b) if there is no civil law, there is no crime
(c) if it is not detected, there is no crime
(d) if there is sin but no criminal intent, there is no crime

3. What seems to be a contradiction in Hobbes' attitude toward protest?
(a) People can protest but they cannot organize.
(b) People can legally protest but they can only do it openly.
(c) People cannot protest but they can camgaign for change.
(d) People are legally able to protest a political system, but not against the sovereign.

4. What does Hobbes call a third law of nature?
(a) the inevitability of death
(b) security
(c) habitation
(d) justice

5. What does Hobbes caution the English Parliament not to do?
(a) not to do away with the monarchy
(b) not to encourage rebellion amont the nobles
(c) not to copy the doctrines of other nations or of the Greeks and Romans
(d) not to ignore the will of the people

Short Answer Questions

1. What two systems does Hobbes define within a commonwealth?

2. Why does Hobbes insist that the commonwealth is born out of human politics?

3. How does Hobbes suggest that people reason?

4. Which two forms of government need not worry about succession?

5. What is one instance when a crime cannot be punished?

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