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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of book is LEVIATHAN?
(a) A book about large fish
(b) A science fiction book
(c) A book of political philosophy
(d) A book about comparative religion

2. How does Hobbes define injustice of an action?
(a) premeditation
(b) injury
(c) a lawsuit
(d) accidents

3. What kind of idea does Hobbes classify as good wit?
(a) one that produces only good results
(b) one so unique that nobody else would have thought of it
(c) one open to argument and debate
(d) one that everyone can agree to

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

5. How does Hobbes classify discourse that cannot be proven?
(a) opinion
(b) theorems
(c) scientific
(d) attitudes

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hobbes classify the person or group of people who have someone speak for them?

2. Why does Hobbes say the multitude cannot protest against the sovereign?

3. What can a man do when speaking to a group?

4. Why does Hobbes say that virtue is comparative?

5. To be sure one has found reason, what is necessary?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hobbes define the origins of religion?

2. What are the two ways Hobbes says a commonwealth is created?

3. What does Hobbes say about rights in the natural world?

4. Relate Hobbes' examples of a contract or a covenant.

5. Briefly, what does Hobbes have to say about lawful and unlawful systems?

6. How does Hobbes illustrate what he calls compound imagination?

7. Why does Hobbes say that people fear other people?

8. What is one advantage Hobbes sees in a monarchy?

9. How does Hobbes define justice?

10. How does Hobbes say competition comes into human relations?

(see the answer keys)

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