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

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

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

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

5. How does Hobbes classify intellectual virtue?
(a) having a high IQ
(b) having natural innocence
(c) having insight into spiritual matters
(d) having natural wit or a quick imagination

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes call an evil inflicted on a person who has usurped or forged his or her power?

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

3. What seems to be a contradiction in Hobbes' attitude toward protest?

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

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

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