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

2. What does Hobbes refer to by the name of Tartarus?
(a) where dragons and monsters come from
(b) enemies of God who come from the East
(c) where non-believers are swallowed into a bottomless pit
(d) where the Apostle Paul was born and raised

3. What does Hobbes say is God's right to establish His laws?
(a) His ability to shoot lightning bolts at men
(b) His dominance over all other gods
(c) His ability to change the weather
(d) His irresistible and incomprehensible power

4. How does Hobbes define punishment?
(a) not sparing the rod and spoiling the child
(b) an evil inflicted when a subject has committed a crime
(c) putting innocent people in prison
(d) doing away with the death penalty

5. What does Hobbes call the worship of images?
(a) idolatry
(b) indecent
(c) idiotic
(d) illegal

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes call a crime?

2. What does Hobbes say is the purpose of punishment?

3. Unless an ecclesiastical is also a king, what can he not do?

4. What does Hobbes caution the English Parliament not to do?

5. For what is it required to pay a certain price God is willing to accept?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a main mistake Hobbes says religious people make?

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

3. How does Hobbes define a prophet?

4. What does Hobbes say happens to one who does not believe in God?

5. In what ways does Hobbes say a person can be punished?

6. What does Hobbes identify as the Christian Commonwealth?

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

8. What is Hobbes' position on crime and personal survival?

9. What warning does Hobbes give about prophets?

10. Why does Hobbes insist that the commonwealth comes first?

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