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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hobbes insist that the commonwealth comes first?
(a) Without the commonwealth there is no freedom of religion.
(b) The commonwealth may vote to forbid religion.
(c) One can see the commonwealth but cannot see God.
(d) God wants all people to obey the laws of their nation.

2. To what does Hobbes compare the dissolution of a commonwealth?
(a) poor hygiene
(b) an attack of the flu
(c) cancer
(d) an intestine disorder

3. What does Hobbes say is a hostile and illegal act by the authority?
(a) a person is injured by public authority without public condemnation
(b) holding trials too quickly after a crime has been charged
(c) searches of a person's homes
(d) indictment after very long investigations

4. Who does Hobbes say began the notion of demons and it spread to many cultures?
(a) the Hindus
(b) the heathens
(c) the Greeks
(d) the Egyptians

5. What causes the people of a nation to become very angry and pass on their anger to their children?
(a) a leader who travels a lot
(b) a leader who is only after power
(c) a period of recession
(d) a sovereign who will not go to war

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hobbes call an assembly of people who gather together to hear a priest or pastor speak to them about the word of God?

2. Why do God's miracles never go against the sovereign?

3. What is one instance when a crime cannot be punished?

4. What, according to Hobbes, is the first priority of the sovereign?

5. Why must a sovereign publish and instruct people about his laws?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hobbes conclude about the Scriptures?

2. What does Hobbes call a spirit?

3. What does Hobbes have to say about ministers of the ecclesiastical?

4. What is Hobbes' position on crime and personal survival?

5. What warning does Hobbes give about prophets?

6. What does Hobbes identify as the Christian Commonwealth?

7. What does Hobbes say about popularity?

8. What does Hobbes say happens to one who does not believe in God?

9. Why does Hobbes insist that the commonwealth comes first?

10. What is Hobbes' position on religious statues and icons?

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