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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. How does Hobbes see the commonwealth?
(a) Like a steam engine
(b) Like an artificial man
(c) Like a church
(d) Like an army

2. What is needed to be able to judge what is just or unjust?
(a) judges
(b) statistics
(c) lawyers
(d) contracts

3. What does Hobbes accept when peace is impossible?
(a) war
(b) surrender
(c) diplomacy
(d) hiding

4. What does Hobbes call a dominion acquired by conquest?
(a) Despotical
(b) Natural
(c) Democratic
(d) Impoversihed

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do people want to make a covenant and select sovereigns?

2. What example does Hobbes give as a meaningless combination of words?

3. What is the punishment of exile?

4. What causes the people of a nation to become very angry and pass on their anger to their children?

5. How does Hobbes describe his compound imagination?

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