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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. Why does Hobbes say that people attribute the unknown to ghosts, spirits, or other things that can never exist?

2. What is Hobbes' idea about ownership of commodities in a commonwealth?

3. How does Hobbes suggest that people reason?

4. How does Hobbes classify intellectual virtue?

5. Where can a monarch go for advice?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hobbes define the origins of religion?

2. What does Hobbes say about having an aversion to something people know nothing about?

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

4. What is Hobbes idea of people being created equal?

5. How does Hobbes differentiate between command and counsel?

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

7. What does Hobbes believe about judicial interpretation?

8. Relate Hobbes' examples of a contract or a covenant.

9. Why does Hobbes insist that the people cannot protest against a sovereign?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper describing what you think the ideal commonwealth would be like. In the paper, discuss how peace in the community would be maintained and how the commonwealth would be protected. Also mention your idea of the rights the citizens would enjoy.

Essay Topic 2

For the serious student, write a paper comparing Hobbes' LEVIATHAN to Machiavelli's THE PRINCE. There are similarities in both men's position with the nobility as well as some of the strictness of their ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper on education. People are to this day accusing universities of poisoning the minds of our young people. Explain why you think so many people fear higher education, philosophy, and modern science.

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