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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 is the sovereign's right in legal matters?
(a) the right to judge all controversies between his people
(b) the right to confiscate property when two or more subjects cannot get along
(c) the right to deny legal process to anyone he shooces
(d) the right to make decisions basked on his mood
2. Who does Hobbes insist is of the greatest value to a commonwealth?
(a) the minister
(b) the sovreign
(c) the banker
(d) the teacher
3. How does Hobbes define injustice of an action?
(a) premeditation
(b) a lawsuit
(c) accidents
(d) injury
4. What does Hobbes say leads to competition among people?
(a) restless desire
(b) different interests
(c) religion
(d) different abilities
5. What kind of idea does Hobbes classify as good wit?
(a) one that everyone can agree to
(b) one so unique that nobody else would have thought of it
(c) one open to argument and debate
(d) one that produces only good results
Short Answer Questions
1. What two factors does Hobbes believe control mental discourse?
2. What do counsels for the aristocracy generally do?
3. How does Hobbes define liberty?
4. Why does Hobbes say that people attribute the unknown to ghosts, spirits, or other things that can never exist?
5. To what does Hobbes say people attribute that which is unknown?
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