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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hobbes think takes reason away from young men?
(a) worship and collection of tithes
(b) metaphysics and miracles
(c) Scripture and obedience
(d) blind faith in Scripture

2. In addition to the Spirit of God, what other ethereal beings does Hobbes mention?
(a) pixies
(b) demons
(c) leprechauns
(d) aerial bodies such as angels

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

4. How does Hobbes define punishment?
(a) doing away with the death penalty
(b) not sparing the rod and spoiling the child
(c) an evil inflicted when a subject has committed a crime
(d) putting innocent people in prison

5. What beliefs of the Roman Catholic church does Hobbes add to his list of objections?
(a) exorcism, ghosts, purgatory and fictitious miracles
(b) living ones religion, taking communion, and singing
(c) Bible reading, children's classes, and regular worship
(d) preaching, missionary work, and evangelism

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

7. What does Hobbes say is granted to Christians who are good citizens of their commonwealth?
(a) eternal life
(b) freedom from earthly laws
(c) great riches on earth
(d) rulership of the earth

8. Why does Hobbes insist that the commonwealth comes first?
(a) One can see the commonwealth but cannot see God.
(b) The commonwealth may vote to forbid religion.
(c) God wants all people to obey the laws of their nation.
(d) Without the commonwealth there is no freedom of religion.

9. Why do God's miracles never go against the sovereign?
(a) That would backfire on the people.
(b) The sovereign is not a prophet.
(c) God is not as powerful as the sovereign.
(d) It is not God's will to make people revolt against the leader of the nation.

10. What does Hobbes call a crime?
(a) a sin that is done in the darkness
(b) a sin which is intended whether committed or not
(c) a sin which consists of doing what is forbidden by law
(d) a sin that obeys an unjust law

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

12. Who are the subjects in the Kingdom of God?
(a) all people preselected for membership
(b) everyone all over the world
(c) all men who have made a pact with him to be part of his Kingdom
(d) only angels and heavenly choirs

13. In discussing a Christian Commonwealth, what does Hobbes have to say about Holy Scriptures?
(a) They were written by different writers.
(b) They are not good for making a commonwealth.
(c) They come from the sovereign.
(d) They were written on tablets of stone.

14. How does Hobbes suggest the idea of philosophy began to grow?
(a) People even started small schools of philosophical thought.
(b) People had not heard about God.
(c) Philosophy became a part of public school curriculum.
(d) People wanted to feel self-important.

15. Who does Hobbes identify as ecclesiasticals?
(a) mystics from the East
(b) those opposed to the Christian Commonwealth
(c) the original twelve apostles
(d) those who are ordained to speak of the word of God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes identify as a "confederacy of deceivers" who go around poisoning the minds of other people and extinguishing their faith in nature, the gospel, and God?

2. If he so wishes, what is a king allowed to do?

3. What does Hobbes state about knowing the laws of a commonwealth?

4. What is the meaning of excommunication?

5. Who does Hobbes say can never be excommunicated?

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