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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. What does Hobbes say is the purpose of punishment?
(a) to have a public entertainment when someone is flogged
(b) to keep the criminals off the streets
(c) to show who is boss
(d) to prevent people from breaking the law

2. What is Hobbes' idea about self-protection in natural law?
(a) With people it is not necessary.
(b) Humans have a right to preemptive strikes.
(c) In nature, every person has the right to protect his own life.
(d) It is not natural to protect oneself, it should be done by the commonwealth.

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

4. What does the commonwealth need to successfully control the society?
(a) the cooperation of neighboring principalities
(b) ample money to maintain the economy
(c) important welfare programs to help the poor
(d) power over people to administer punishments

5. What does Hobbes call an evil inflicted on a person who has usurped or forged his or her power?
(a) might makes right
(b) an act of hostility
(c) necessary punishment
(d) a vigilante form of government

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do people want to make a covenant and select sovereigns?

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

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

5. Who does Hobbes insist is of the greatest value to a commonwealth?

(see the answer key)

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