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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. Why does Hobbes say it is natural for the mother to have dominion over children?
(a) They have dominion over nothing else.
(b) They need children in case the husband dies.
(c) They are naturals at discipline.
(d) It is not always known who the father is.

2. What does Hobbes call the blood flow of a commonwealth?
(a) voting rights
(b) religion
(c) military power
(d) money

3. How does Hobbes classify the person or group of people who have someone speak for them?
(a) As uneducated
(b) As helpless
(c) As actors
(d) As dummies

4. Why can passion for power be dangerous?
(a) People can be electrocuted.
(b) People can be deceived.
(c) People can use evil means to get power.
(d) People cannot achieve it.

5. What does Hobbes say people are either born with or develop?
(a) appetites and aversions
(b) hair and fingernails
(c) personalities and names
(d) fingers and toes

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two forms of government need not worry about succession?

2. How does Hobbes define a monarchy?

3. What, left uncontrolled, does Hobbes say can lead to misery and unhappiness?

4. What is Hobbes' only conditionality regarding all people being created equal?

5. When a multitude becomes one group, what must they select?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Hobbes' definition of author?

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

7. Describe briefly Hobbes' contract of a commonwealth.

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

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

10. Why does Hobbes insist that the people cannot protest against a sovereign?

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