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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. Unless an ecclesiastical is also a king, what can he not do?

2. Why, according to Hobbes, is it necessary to believe God is Infinite?

3. Who does Hobbes identify as the Supreme Prophet?

4. What does Hobbes call a crime?

5. What is the punishment of exile?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hobbes insist that the commonwealth comes first?

2. What does Hobbes have to say about angels?

3. What does Hobbes say happens to one who does not believe in God?

4. From what source does Hobbes insist the idea of demons came?

5. Who does Hobbes identify as belonging to the Kingdom of God?

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

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

8. How does Hobbes define a prophet?

9. What does Hobbes identify as the Christian Commonwealth?

10. What is Hobbes' idea about honoring God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a paper on imagination. Hobbes discredits most imagination as foolishness like coupling the concept of a man and a horse to come up with the idea of a centaur. Take the opposite position and write about how imagination is good and what it has given to the world.

Essay Topic 2

In Hobbes' political philosophy, the only valid reason for taking up arms against a sovereign is for self protection. Write your paper based on Hitler's taking over Germany and the plight of the Jews and other minorities his persecuted. Hobbes' theory is that the people thus under such a sovereign are constrained to obey the laws of the sovereign first.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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