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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. When does Hobbes suggest it is not logical to follow the Golden Rule?
(a) when there are no other people around
(b) when no one else is following it
(c) during a natural disaster
(d) in times of war

2. Why do people want to make a covenant and select sovereigns?
(a) to rid themselves of political uneasiness
(b) to prevent having to relinquish freedoms
(c) to allow for orderly disagreement
(d) to be like the other commonweaths around them

3. What does Hobbes say ends a discourse?
(a) A person speaks a different language.
(b) A person runs out of anything to say.
(c) A person grows tired of talking and shuts up.
(d) A person learns the answer to a question or he/she gives up.

4. What is the sovereign power, whether it is an individual or an assembly?
(a) the senate
(b) a king and his court
(c) the courts
(d) the representative of the commonwealth

5. What kinds of questions does Hobbes say people have little interest in?
(a) things that have absolute answers like math and science
(b) things that have no known answers
(c) things that have to do with the supernatural
(d) things that involve faith

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term he uses for reasoning with another person?

2. What does Hobbes say people are either born with or develop?

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

4. When is there nothing illegal or unjust in any action done by anyone?

5. How does Hobbes classify a person who speaks for himself?

(see the answer key)

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