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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 example does Hobbes give to support his idea that just banding together is not enough for protection?
(a) Two families joined are not powerful enough to combat three families.
(b) A hundred rabbits can scare a hunter.
(c) A flock of birds cannot defeat the cat.
(d) Twenty sheep cannot fight off a pack of wolves.

2. Why does Hobbes say that having friends, followers, and servants is the greatest power?
(a) With friends, followers, and servants one does not need to work.
(b) Having these, one does not need to go to war.
(c) Being liked and respected makes people good managers and motivators.
(d) Having these, one does not need anything else.

3. Why does law need interpretation?
(a) in order to apply it to distinct situations
(b) in order to confuse the public
(c) in order to make sure it is not understood
(d) in order to change its meanings

4. What does Hobbes call a third law of nature?
(a) justice
(b) security
(c) the inevitability of death
(d) habitation

5. What does Hobbes call a dominion acquired by conquest?
(a) Despotical
(b) Natural
(c) Democratic
(d) Impoversihed

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Hobbes say men will give up some of their freedoms?

3. How does Hobbes see the commonwealth?

4. How must a counselor speak?

5. What is an example of Hobbes' unprovable discourse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hobbes believe about judicial interpretation?

2. How does Hobbes differentiate between command and counsel?

3. What does Hobbes say about having an aversion to something people know nothing about?

4. How does Hobbes describe a despotic dominion?

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

6. Give Hobbes' idea about how much a country needs individuals.

7. What are the three sovereignties Hobbes defines?

8. Why does Hobbes say men will give up some of their freedoms?

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

10. In any political situation, what does Hobbes identify as a basic right?

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