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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Hobbes say is needed to protect people from danger?
2. Why does Hobbes say the multitude cannot protest against the sovereign?
3. What is Hobbes' only conditionality regarding all people being created equal?
4. How must a counselor speak?
5. What two systems does Hobbes define within a commonwealth?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Hobbes say a person can increase intellectual virtue?
2. In what way does Hobbes warn against errors in logic or speech?
3. How does Hobbes say people reason?
4. Why does Hobbes insist that the people cannot protest against a sovereign?
5. How does Hobbes differentiate between command and counsel?
6. How does Hobbes illustrate what he calls compound imagination?
7. How does Hobbes define justice?
8. Describe briefly Hobbes' contract of a commonwealth.
9. In any political situation, what does Hobbes identify as a basic right?
10. How does Hobbes say competition comes into human relations?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on how the political condition of the times may have influenced Hobbes' thinking. You may need to do a bit of research into the times and how Hobbes, once in great favor with the nobility, had fallen out of their favor.
Essay Topic 2
Write a paper on the subject of self protection and not incriminating oneself. In a court of law, what do most people assume when someone takes the 5th Amendment and refuses to answer a question? How could you improve on that legal protection?
Essay Topic 3
Write a critique of LEVIATHAN. In this paper give a brief synopsis, the parts you found most interesting, and the parts (if any) you found objectionable. Conclude with your recommendation on whether it is a good read for those who are interested in political philosophy.
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