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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 is needed to be able to judge what is just or unjust?

2. What do counsels for the aristocracy generally do?

3. What type of book is LEVIATHAN?

4. When does Hobbes suggest it is not logical to follow the Golden Rule?

5. What is an example of Hobbes' unprovable discourse?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Hobbes warn against errors in logic or speech?

2. How does Hobbes say a person can increase intellectual virtue?

3. What are the two ways Hobbes says a commonwealth is created?

4. How does Hobbes identify skepticism in regards to belief?

5. Why does Hobbes say men will give up some of their freedoms?

6. Give Hobbes' idea about how much a country needs individuals.

7. How does Hobbes describe a despotic dominion?

8. How does Hobbes illustrate what he calls compound imagination?

9. What does Hobbes say about justice, gratitude, modesty, equity, and mercy?

10. What does Hobbes say about rights in the natural world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper giving your opinion about the place of religion in any society. Discuss your opinion of state sponsored religion as opposed to a system that tolerates all religions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the absence of law in nature as supposed by Hobbes. Explain if you think man is basically evil and can only be controlled by fear. If that is the case, how would you explain people getting together to form a commonwealth.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on whether you agree with Hobbes that the power of the sovereign cannot be challenged. Think in terms of sovereign powers today and what they are like when the right of challenge is removed from the people.

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