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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is it that Hobbes says belong to the Kingdom of God?
(a) every person under the sun
(b) the sovereigns who answer only to God
(c) those people who believe there is a God
(d) only people who are members of the Church of England

4. Who has responsibility for seeing that others are educated in the law?
(a) nurses and lawyers
(b) the assembly or the multitude
(c) parents and the universities
(d) clergimen and philosophers

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

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

7. How does Hobbes say inspiration is used in Scripture?
(a) as a fiction
(b) as an excuse
(c) as a metaphor
(d) as a ruse

8. What does Hobbes describe as an external sign of God's special workings on their hearts so that afterwards they teach the Word of God?
(a) the Rapture
(b) conversion
(c) worship
(d) the Holy spirit

9. What does Hobbes identify as heathen teaching?
(a) demons, fairies, phantasms and mistaking consecration for conjuration
(b) accepting on faith what you cannot see or know as a fact
(c) believing in miracles
(d) destroying all idols and religious icons

10. What are some ways Hobbes describes the Spirit of God?
(a) a white light seen at the end of a tunnel
(b) the wind or a breath and sometimes it is a deep understanding and wisdom
(c) a strange sensation that causes one to speak in other languages
(d) a power so strong it moves mountains

11. How does Hobbes define obedience to the laws?
(a) making sure you do not know what the law is
(b) keeping clear of the officials
(c) not doing anything that can be witnessed
(d) not sinning, as well as being charitable and loving

12. What must punishment focus on?
(a) capital and non-capital methods
(b) correction and not revenge
(c) not making the punishment fit the crime
(d) making the subject feel happy

13. What is the end result of worshiping?
(a) giving someone power
(b) hole in the knees of trousers
(c) mental exercise
(d) showing superiority

14. What causes the people of a nation to become very angry and pass on their anger to their children?
(a) a period of recession
(b) a sovereign who will not go to war
(c) a leader who is only after power
(d) a leader who travels a lot

15. What is the name of a place later called Hell?
(a) Purgatory
(b) Gehenna
(c) Cincinnati
(d) Alcatraz

Short Answer Questions

1. Why must a sovereign publish and instruct people about his laws?

2. What are the people expected to do?

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

4. What did the Israelites eventually want to do with their sovereignty?

5. In discussing a Christian Commonwealth, what does Hobbes have to say about Holy Scriptures?

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