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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 20 & 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hobbes say leads to competition among people?
(a) religion
(b) different abilities
(c) different interests
(d) restless desire

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

3. What does Hobbes say about controlling thoughts?
(a) The commonwealth controls thoughts.
(b) People cannot always do it.
(c) People learn to do it at an early age.
(d) Thought should not be controlled.

4. What is the sovereign's right in legal matters?
(a) the right to make decisions basked on his mood
(b) the right to judge all controversies between his people
(c) the right to deny legal process to anyone he shooces
(d) the right to confiscate property when two or more subjects cannot get along

5. Why does Hobbes say it is natural for the mother to have dominion over children?
(a) They are naturals at discipline.
(b) It is not always known who the father is.
(c) They have dominion over nothing else.
(d) They need children in case the husband dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes say a person is doing when he stops defending himself?

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

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

4. What is the sovereign power, whether it is an individual or an assembly?

5. What example does Hobbes give to support his idea that just banding together is not enough for protection?

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