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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 suggest popular figures could be a danger to the commonwealth?
(a) They are entertainers who only want to put on a show.
(b) They know nothing about the workings of government.
(c) The people will love them more than the sovereign.
(d) They have the power and charisma to move people in the wrong direction.

2. According to Hobbes, how does God declare His laws?
(a) by dreams and astrology
(b) by loud voices from the skys
(c) by tablets of stone and natural disasters
(d) by natural reason, revelation, and prophecy

3. How does it become difficult to be obedient to both God and sovereign?
(a) if there is a corrupt leader interested in his own private gains
(b) if the sovereign has no right to rule
(c) if the sovereign gives everyting away
(d) if the sovereign is not a Christian

4. What does Hobbes call a crime?
(a) a sin which is intended whether committed or not
(b) a sin which consists of doing what is forbidden by law
(c) a sin that obeys an unjust law
(d) a sin that is done in the darkness

5. What does Hobbes say only God knows?
(a) Whether is it necessary for a person to die
(b) how many countries there are in the world
(c) where to find the written word of God
(d) what happens to the soul of a person when he dies

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has responsibility for seeing that others are educated in the law?

2. What are the people expected to do?

3. What does Hobbes mean by anything spoken by God and those concerning Him and his government?

4. How does Hobbes define punishment?

5. What does Hobbes say is the basis for a Christian Commonwealth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hobbes suggest is the first priority of a sovereign?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Hobbes have to say about ministers of the ecclesiastical?

7. What does Hobbes conclude about the Scriptures?

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

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

10. What does Hobbes say about popularity?

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