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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. Who does Hobbes insist is of the greatest value to a commonwealth?
(a) the teacher
(b) the minister
(c) the banker
(d) the sovreign

2. What is one instance when a crime cannot be punished?
(a) the crime has not been discovered
(b) a perpetrator is incapable of knowing right and wrong
(c) an act is committed before there was a law forbidding it
(d) an act is claimed to be by order of the sovereign

3. What does Hobbes say a person is doing when he stops defending himself?
(a) surrendering his life and his possessions
(b) practicing the Golden Rule
(c) depending on the commonwealth
(d) doing the right thing

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

5. What kind of idea does Hobbes classify as good wit?
(a) one that everyone can agree to
(b) one open to argument and debate
(c) one so unique that nobody else would have thought of it
(d) one that produces only good results

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes call the blood flow of a commonwealth?

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

3. What is the punishment of exile?

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

5. What two systems does Hobbes define within a commonwealth?

(see the answer key)

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