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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1 Chapters 11 & 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are some of his voluntary motions?
(a) internals like digesting and breathing
(b) activities like hearing and seeing
(c) functions like pulse and respiration
(d) feelings like desire, appetite, love and hate

3. To what does Hobbes say people attribute that which is unknown?
(a) to ghosts and spirits
(b) to scientific researsh
(c) to God and religion
(d) to imagination

4. What does Hobbes call reasoning with oneself?
(a) Impossible
(b) Insanity
(c) Foolish
(d) Marking

5. What does Hobbes say people are either born with or develop?
(a) hair and fingernails
(b) personalities and names
(c) fingers and toes
(d) appetites and aversions

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can passion for power be dangerous?

2. What does Hobbes say leads to competition among people?

3. What does Hobbes say ends a discourse?

4. How does Hobbes suggest that people reason?

5. Why does Hobbes say that virtue is comparative?

(see the answer key)

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