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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How may a commonwealth be formed?
(a) the first is by experience and the second is by heredity
(b) the first is by natural force or acquisition and the second is by mutual agreement.
(c) the first is by inheritance and the second is by accident
(d) the first is by election and the second is by popularity

2. How does Hobbes define a pact or covenant?
(a) when something is sold or traded
(b) when money changes hands
(c) when any promise is made
(d) when something is transferred or traded for future payment

3. What example does Hobbes give to support his idea that just banding together is not enough for protection?
(a) A flock of birds cannot defeat the cat.
(b) Two families joined are not powerful enough to combat three families.
(c) Twenty sheep cannot fight off a pack of wolves.
(d) A hundred rabbits can scare a hunter.

4. When does Hobbes suggest it is not logical to follow the Golden Rule?
(a) during a natural disaster
(b) in times of war
(c) when there are no other people around
(d) when no one else is following it

5. In political systems, what are the two avenues of laws?
(a) One is by a constitution and the other is by police power.
(b) One is by traditions, and the second is by innovation.
(c) One is by revolution, and the other is by civil disobedience.
(d) One is their own written laws, the other is laws of the sovereign.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why must people create a covenant or agreement to give power to one person, or small group of people?

2. What does the commonwealth need to successfully control the society?

3. Why does Hobbes say that having friends, followers, and servants is the greatest power?

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

5. What is Hobbes' idea about self-protection in natural law?

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