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

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

3. When does Hobbes say there is no crime?
(a) if the sin is not identified as important
(b) if there is no civil law, there is no crime
(c) if there is sin but no criminal intent, there is no crime
(d) if it is not detected, there is no crime

4. What does Hobbes say the Scripture says regarding demons?
(a) It is left to the individual to decide whether or not demons are real.
(b) Demons can only be driven out by exorcisms.
(c) Demons are as visible as angels.
(d) Demons cannot lift anything solid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do few people ever hear the word of God to believe or reject it according to Hobbes?

2. What are some Biblical books Hobbes says are written about certain people and not written by them?

3. What causes the people of a nation to become very angry and pass on their anger to their children?

4. What example does Hobbes give as a crime that is not a crime?

5. After Abraham, with whom did God renew the covenant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What power does the sovereign have over the church according to Hobbes?

2. What is Hobbes' opinion of philosophy?

3. What does Hobbes have to say about the desire for absolute power?

4. What, according to Hobbes, is the one thing that must be believed?

5. How does Hobbes define a church?

6. Who does Hobbes identify as belonging to the Kingdom of God?

7. What complication does Hobbes see in obeying the sovereign and God at the same time?

8. What does Hobbes say about popularity?

9. What does Hobbes have to say about angels?

10. How does Hobbes attack the Roman Catholic Church as well as Greek philosophers?

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