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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Hobbes say can never be excommunicated?
2. What does Hobbes say the goal of the Bible is?
3. What does Hobbes say is a problem people have of understanding the Kingdom of Darkness?
4. How does Hobbes say people can poison others and thus promote the dissolution of the commonwealth?
5. According to Hobbes, how does God declare His laws?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Hobbes conclude about the Scriptures?
2. What is a main mistake Hobbes says religious people make?
3. What is Hobbes' idea about honoring God?
4. What does Hobbes say about popularity?
5. What does Hobbes have to say about the desire for absolute power?
6. What is a leader supposed to do in addition to establishing punishments?
7. What does Hobbes suggest is the first priority of a sovereign?
8. Who does Hobbes identify as belonging to the Kingdom of God?
9. What, according to Hobbes, is the one thing that must be believed?
10. What does Hobbes say happens to one who does not believe in God?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about the absence of law in nature as supposed by Hobbes. Explain if you think man is basically evil and can only be controlled by fear. If that is the case, how would you explain people getting together to form a commonwealth.
Essay Topic 2
Write a paper on imagination. Hobbes discredits most imagination as foolishness like coupling the concept of a man and a horse to come up with the idea of a centaur. Take the opposite position and write about how imagination is good and what it has given to the world.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay on how the political condition of the times may have influenced Hobbes' thinking. You may need to do a bit of research into the times and how Hobbes, once in great favor with the nobility, had fallen out of their favor.
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