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

2. What does Hobbes mean when he says something must be strange and uncommon so people can believe it is the true work of God?
(a) a messenger
(b) a migraine
(c) a meditation
(d) a miracle

3. In his comparison of the commonwealth to the body, what does Hobbes identify as the role of the sovereign?
(a) the head of the commonwealth, which is the mind
(b) the father of the commonwealth, which is his responsibility
(c) the spine of the commonwealth, which keeps it erect
(d) the soul of the commonwealth, which is the body

4. What are examples of Hobbes' involuntary motions?
(a) planning, acting, and rejoicing
(b) breathing, blood flow, and other bodily functions
(c) thinking, eating, and reading
(d) writing, feeling, and sleeping

5. What happens in an assembly that cannot happen with a monarch?
(a) A monarch has to listen to the nobles.
(b) A monarch cannot disagree with himself.
(c) An assembly wears whatever clothes they want.
(d) An assembly never has to come to a conclusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hobbes, how does God declare His laws?

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

3. What example does Hobbes give as a crime that is not a crime?

4. How does Hobbes classify the desire for absolute power?

5. How can it be said that each man in a group has a voice?

(see the answer key)

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