Hobbes and Locke

What was the name of Thomas Hobbes's book on government?

• Behemoth
• Gargantua
• Leviathan
• Colossus

How did Hobbes sum up people's quality of life in a state of nature?

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• poor, nasty, brutish, and short
• fulfilling, long-lived, philosophical, and introspective
• scared, hungry, lonely, and cold

According to Hobbes, people agreed to give up some __________________ in exchange for __________________ as part of the social contract.

• rights and power / protection
• food and shelter / weapons
• security and protection / freedom
• money / goods and services

In Hobbes's view of the social contract, people retained the right to question, overthrow, or replace their government.

• True
• False

Hobbes believed that a single __________, or ruler, should have complete authority over the people.

• emperor
• magnate
• overlord
• sovereign

John Locke's thinking influenced what American founder?

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• Alexander Hamilton
• Thomas Jefferson

According to Locke, all humans share a set of __________.

•  internal organs
• natural rights
• hopes and dreams
• traits and motivations

For both Hobbes and Locke, the social contract is an agreement between...

• plaintiff and defendant
• sovereign states
• companies and shareholders
• citizens and government

The phrase 'tabula rasa' means...

• empty table
• blank slate
• table of truth
• blank space

Locke's inalienable rights include...

• life, liberty, and property
• pizza, chipa, and soda
• life, property, and travel
• freedom of speech, freedom to bear arms, and freedom of assembly