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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. Where does Hobbes insist people go when they disagree?
(a) To a judge
(b) To a teacher
(c) To the boxing ring
(d) To a priest

2. What does Hobbes call reasoning with oneself?
(a) Insanity
(b) Foolish
(c) Marking
(d) Impossible

3. What is Hobbes' idea about self-protection in natural law?
(a) With people it is not necessary.
(b) In nature, every person has the right to protect his own life.
(c) Humans have a right to preemptive strikes.
(d) It is not natural to protect oneself, it should be done by the commonwealth.

4. How does Hobbes classify a person who speaks for himself?
(a) As a diplomat
(b) As an author
(c) As a politician
(d) As a boaster

5. What is a counselor's disadvantage in speaking only to one man?
(a) He can be misquoted.
(b) He can be attacked.
(c) He can be more forceful.
(d) He can be interrupted.

Short Answer Questions

1. In political systems, what are the two avenues of laws?

2. What is Hobbes' idea about ownership of commodities in a commonwealth?

3. What does Hobbes say about controlling thoughts?

4. In his comparison of the commonwealth to the body, what does Hobbes identify as the role of the sovereign?

5. What is the second right of the sovereign?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hobbes say that a group may be classified as an author?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Hobbes say a person can increase intellectual virtue?

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

8. How does Hobbes identify skepticism in regards to belief?

9. In what way does Hobbes warn against errors in logic or speech?

10. What does Hobbes say about justice, gratitude, modesty, equity, and mercy?

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