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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Hobbes say inspiration is used in Scripture?
(a) as a fiction
(b) as an excuse
(c) as a metaphor
(d) as a ruse
2. What does Hobbes mean when he says something must be strange and uncommon so people can believe it is the true work of God?
(a) a miracle
(b) a meditation
(c) a messenger
(d) a migraine
3. What does Hobbes caution the English Parliament not to do?
(a) not to copy the doctrines of other nations or of the Greeks and Romans
(b) not to encourage rebellion amont the nobles
(c) not to do away with the monarchy
(d) not to ignore the will of the people
4. Who are the subjects in the Kingdom of God?
(a) only angels and heavenly choirs
(b) everyone all over the world
(c) all men who have made a pact with him to be part of his Kingdom
(d) all people preselected for membership
5. What does Hobbes say the goal of the Bible is?
(a) giving the only moral code available to mankind
(b) teaching about God and the coming of the Son and the Holy Spirit
(c) providing good literature for people to read
(d) giving a blueprint for establishing a commonwealth
6. Why is faith so important?
(a) It is part of the Christian ritual.
(b) It makes it possible to see Jesus.
(c) One cannot know if the Scriptures are real.
(d) It identifies a believer.
7. What does Hobbes state about knowing the laws of a commonwealth?
(a) laws that are never enforced cannot be broken
(b) ignorance is not a means of protection
(c) common men do not need to know the law
(d) no one can know all the laws
8. What is the end result of worshiping?
(a) showing superiority
(b) hole in the knees of trousers
(c) mental exercise
(d) giving someone power
9. What does Hobbes say is the first of four causes of spiritual darkness?
(a) corrupt ecclesiatics
(b) not wanting to know bad news
(c) accepting false teaching without question
(d) not knowing or studying the scriptures correctly
10. What is the name of a place later called Hell?
(a) Cincinnati
(b) Gehenna
(c) Purgatory
(d) Alcatraz
11. What is the meaning of excommunication?
(a) talking with a former spouse
(b) walking instead of riding
(c) forgetting how to communicate
(d) becoming disassociated from other Christians
12. What is one instance when a crime cannot be punished?
(a) the crime has not been discovered
(b) an act is claimed to be by order of the sovereign
(c) an act is committed before there was a law forbidding it
(d) a perpetrator is incapable of knowing right and wrong
13. What did the Israelites eventually want to do with their sovereignty?
(a) handle it by popular election
(b) divide it into twelve commonwealths
(c) give it to a king and take it away from the Judges
(d) learn from the Greeks and Romans
14. Who does Hobbes identify as the Supreme Prophet?
(a) Moses
(b) Isaiah
(c) Ezekiel
(d) Endora
15. How does Hobbes classify the desire for absolute power?
(a) as natural
(b) as an illness
(c) as a fungus
(d) as good for the commonwealth
Short Answer Questions
1. What roles does Hobbes say are assigned to Jesus Christ?
2. What causes the people of a nation to become very angry and pass on their anger to their children?
3. What beliefs of the Roman Catholic church does Hobbes add to his list of objections?
4. What does Hobbes call the worship of images?
5. What is the one exception to a defense of not knowing the law?
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