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Questions

1. Hobbes believes that sovereignty should be divided and thus separation of powers between branches is important.

True

False

2. Hobbes argues that in the state of nature, reason would lead human beings to __________.

try to end the violent state of nature by seeking peace

only enter into a government that gave them full democratic powers

try to avoid a social contract by any means possible

3. Unanimous consent of the governed is necessary for Hobbes' civil society to be instituted.

True

False

4. The goal of the political association for Hobbes is to _________.

avoid the greatest evil, which is violent death.

establish institutions that allow an individual to cultivate their personal virtue to the greatest extent possible

to give individuals the maximum amount of freedom

to create an empire that imposes its culture on all other states

5. According to Hobbes' theory, if the state tries to put a subject to death, the subject must immediately consent and not fight back.

True

False

6. What is the relationship between church and state in Hobbes' theory?

The church controls the sovereign.

The sovereign controls the church.

7. For Hobbes, laws of nature are not strictly speaking laws since they ____________.

are guided by reason too much

are different for every person

have no reason contained in them

have no enforceability from a higher power

8. The idea, found in Hobbes, that everything happens necessarily because of a causal chain of events is known as _________.

egoism

determinism

materialism

monism

9. Hobbes believes that the sovereign must ___________ or otherwise the state will break down once more into a war of all against all like in the state of nature.

be limited constitutionally

be elected for no more than two terms

have absolute authority

10. Hobbes' sovereign has complete authority to do whatever they want.

True

False