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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one exception to a defense of not knowing the law?
(a) ignorance may be applied if a person cannot read
(b) ignorance may apply to someone is if he is a foreigner
(c) ignorance may be applied if the law is obscure
(d) ignorance may be applied if everyone has forgotten it

2. How does it become difficult to be obedient to both God and sovereign?
(a) if the sovereign gives everyting away
(b) if the sovereign has no right to rule
(c) if the sovereign is not a Christian
(d) if there is a corrupt leader interested in his own private gains

3. What does Hobbes say is the basis for a Christian Commonwealth?
(a) putting priests and bishops in charge of government
(b) eliminating all who do not believe in Christ
(c) mandatory Bible reading in school
(d) the principles of Christian politics

4. What roles does Hobbes say are assigned to Jesus Christ?
(a) a redeemer, a teacher, and eternal king
(b) a carpenter, a sheppherd, and a speaker
(c) a messenger for something greater to come
(d) a prophet, a physician, and a general

5. What does Hobbes say is the purpose of punishment?
(a) to prevent people from breaking the law
(b) to keep the criminals off the streets
(c) to have a public entertainment when someone is flogged
(d) to show who is boss

6. What does Hobbes mean by anything spoken by God and those concerning Him and his government?
(a) the Prophets
(b) the Golden Rule
(c) the Word of God
(d) the Ten Commandments

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

8. What does Hobbes say only God knows?
(a) what happens to the soul of a person when he dies
(b) where to find the written word of God
(c) Whether is it necessary for a person to die
(d) how many countries there are in the world

9. What is the punishment of exile?
(a) when a person is discredited and shamed
(b) when a person's property is confiscated
(c) when a person is put in prison
(d) when a person is banished from the commonwealth

10. What does Hobbes refer to by the name of Tartarus?
(a) where non-believers are swallowed into a bottomless pit
(b) where dragons and monsters come from
(c) where the Apostle Paul was born and raised
(d) enemies of God who come from the East

11. How does Hobbes say people can poison others and thus promote the dissolution of the commonwealth?
(a) with bad doctrines
(b) with tainted drinking water
(c) wit arsenic
(d) with religion

12. What does Hobbes call a sin?
(a) breaking any one of the Ten Commandments
(b) thinking about doing something illegal
(c) a moral transgression that everyone knows about
(d) a transgression or a breach of laws that the legislature created

13. Why do few people ever hear the word of God to believe or reject it according to Hobbes?
(a) It is illegal to teach the word in most places.
(b) People cannot always understand the Latin Bible.
(c) Most people will not go to hear a sermon.
(d) God only speaks to one or very few to spread his word.

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

15. What does Hobbes call an assembly of people who gather together to hear a priest or pastor speak to them about the word of God?
(a) a church
(b) a delegation
(c) a civic club
(d) a coven

Short Answer Questions

1. What Catholic teaching does Hobbes object to?

2. Why is faith so important?

3. What does Hobbes say the goal of the Bible is?

4. When does Hobbes say there is no crime?

5. How does Hobbes define obedience to the laws?

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