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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 is the term he uses for reasoning with another person?
(a) disconcerting
(b) Stygmatizing
(c) Signifying
(d) Arguing

2. What two factors does Hobbes believe control mental discourse?
(a) Love and hate
(b) Education and experience
(c) Vocabulary and definitions
(d) Desire and fear

3. How does Hobbes classify discourse that cannot be proven?
(a) attitudes
(b) scientific
(c) theorems
(d) opinion

4. Why does Hobbes say that having friends, followers, and servants is the greatest power?
(a) Having these, one does not need anything else.
(b) Having these, one does not need to go to war.
(c) With friends, followers, and servants one does not need to work.
(d) Being liked and respected makes people good managers and motivators.

5. What are examples of Hobbes' involuntary motions?
(a) writing, feeling, and sleeping
(b) planning, acting, and rejoicing
(c) thinking, eating, and reading
(d) breathing, blood flow, and other bodily functions

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes say about controlling thoughts?

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

3. Why does Hobbes say that people attribute the unknown to ghosts, spirits, or other things that can never exist?

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

5. Where does Hobbes insist people go when they disagree?

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