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

2. What two systems does Hobbes define within a commonwealth?
(a) open and closed
(b) democrat and republican
(c) private and political
(d) tyranny and ordinary

3. How does Hobbes identify political systems?
(a) thise which are regulated by majority consensus
(b) those which are granted status by the sovereign
(c) those which are entirely run by negotiation
(d) those which are only governed by an assembly

4. What does Hobbes accept when peace is impossible?
(a) diplomacy
(b) surrender
(c) hiding
(d) war

5. Why can passion for power be dangerous?
(a) People cannot achieve it.
(b) People can be deceived.
(c) People can be electrocuted.
(d) People can use evil means to get power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes say is needed to protect people from danger?

2. What kind of idea does Hobbes classify as good wit?

3. Why does Hobbes say that virtue is comparative?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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