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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an angel?
(a) a winged horse
(b) an hallucination
(c) a messenger of God
(d) a dragon

2. What does Hobbes say is needed to protect people from danger?
(a) strong churches
(b) a choice of weapons
(c) a strong militia
(d) civil laws

3. What does Hobbes say a person is doing when he stops defending himself?
(a) depending on the commonwealth
(b) surrendering his life and his possessions
(c) practicing the Golden Rule
(d) doing the right thing

4. Which two forms of government need not worry about succession?
(a) neither a communist nor an empire
(b) neither a republic nor a dictatorship
(c) neither a democracy nor an aristocracy
(d) neither a monarchy nor an anarchy

5. What is Hobbes' idea about self-protection in natural law?
(a) It is not natural to protect oneself, it should be done by the commonwealth.
(b) Humans have a right to preemptive strikes.
(c) In nature, every person has the right to protect his own life.
(d) With people it is not necessary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, according to Hobbes, is it necessary to believe God is Infinite?

2. How does Hobbes classify intellectual virtue?

3. What does Hobbes say about controlling thoughts?

4. What are some Biblical books Hobbes says are written about certain people and not written by them?

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

(see the answer key)

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