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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 leads to competition among people?
(a) restless desire
(b) different abilities
(c) religion
(d) different interests

2. How may a commonwealth be formed?
(a) the first is by election and the second is by popularity
(b) the first is by experience and the second is by heredity
(c) the first is by inheritance and the second is by accident
(d) the first is by natural force or acquisition and the second is by mutual agreement.

3. What kind of idea does Hobbes classify as good wit?
(a) one that produces only good results
(b) one that everyone can agree to
(c) one open to argument and debate
(d) one so unique that nobody else would have thought of it

4. What does Hobbes call a crime?
(a) a sin which consists of doing what is forbidden by law
(b) a sin which is intended whether committed or not
(c) a sin that obeys an unjust law
(d) a sin that is done in the darkness

5. What does Hobbes define as moral virtues?
(a) fearing, obeying, ordering, and supplanting
(b) justice, gratitude, modesty, equity, and mercy
(c) sharing, educating, explaining, and contributing
(d) conforming, working, learning, and manufacturing

Short Answer Questions

1. When many people first get together, what are they called?

2. What can a man do when speaking to a group?

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

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

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

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