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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4 Chapter 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What results are there when an actor makes a contract?
(a) The contract must be approved.
(b) The contract is invalid.
(c) The author is not bound to it.
(d) The author is also bound.

2. What is the sovereign's right in legal matters?
(a) the right to confiscate property when two or more subjects cannot get along
(b) the right to deny legal process to anyone he shooces
(c) the right to make decisions basked on his mood
(d) the right to judge all controversies between his people

3. According to Hobbes, how does God declare His laws?
(a) by natural reason, revelation, and prophecy
(b) by dreams and astrology
(c) by tablets of stone and natural disasters
(d) by loud voices from the skys

4. What, according to Hobbes, is the first priority of the sovereign?
(a) to ensure the safety of the people
(b) to demand respect
(c) to build spnendid palaces
(d) to become known by other sovereigns

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Hobbes say awaits people who do not believe in Christ or the Kingdom of God?

3. What is the term he uses for reasoning with another person?

4. What does Hobbes call the worship of images?

5. What did the Jews do with the concept of demons they got from the Greeks?

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