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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 must punishment focus on?

2. What are some ways Hobbes describes the Spirit of God?

3. Who does Hobbes identify as the first sovereign of the commonwealth of the faithful?

4. What, according to Hobbes, is the first priority of the sovereign?

5. When does Hobbes say there is no crime?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, according to Hobbes, is the one thing that must be believed?

2. What is Hobbes' idea about honoring God?

3. What is a main mistake Hobbes says religious people make?

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

5. What is Hobbes' position on religious statues and icons?

6. What does Hobbes call a spirit?

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

8. What does Hobbes conclude about the Scriptures?

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

10. What power does the sovereign have over the church according to Hobbes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Write a paper speculating what Hobbes would have to say about popular science fictions today. Explain the things he would find objectionable and give examples of books, movies, or video games in your paper. For extra enjoyment, you might want to write the paper in the form of a dialogue.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper explaining how you think books on political philosophy do or do not benefit society. In the paper, see if you can identify ideas in Hobbes' book that have been used by politicians since his time.

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