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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 do few people ever hear the word of God to believe or reject it according to Hobbes?
(a) Most people will not go to hear a sermon.
(b) People cannot always understand the Latin Bible.
(c) God only speaks to one or very few to spread his word.
(d) It is illegal to teach the word in most places.

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

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

4. Who are the subjects in the Kingdom of God?
(a) all people preselected for membership
(b) all men who have made a pact with him to be part of his Kingdom
(c) only angels and heavenly choirs
(d) everyone all over the world

5. What is the meaning of excommunication?
(a) walking instead of riding
(b) forgetting how to communicate
(c) talking with a former spouse
(d) becoming disassociated from other Christians

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes call a crime?

2. What does Hobbes identify as a "confederacy of deceivers" who go around poisoning the minds of other people and extinguishing their faith in nature, the gospel, and God?

3. What does Hobbes refer to by the name of Tartarus?

4. What does Hobbes mean when he says something must be strange and uncommon so people can believe it is the true work of God?

5. What does Hobbes say is a hostile and illegal act by the authority?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is a leader supposed to do in addition to establishing punishments?

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

4. Briefly identify Hobbes' definition of the opposite of God.

5. What is Hobbes' definition of the Kingdom of Darkness?

6. What does Hobbes say about popularity?

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

8. What warning does Hobbes give about prophets?

9. What does Hobbes have to say about sin and crime?

10. What is Hobbes' opinion of philosophy?

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