300+ TOP Thomas Hobbes MCQs and Answers Quiz

Thomas Hobbes Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thomas Hobbes hailed from

A. Rome
B. England
C. Greece
D. Florence

Answer: B. England

2. Thomas Hobbes was considered the Galileo of political theory who carried Machiavelli’s insights to their

A. Empirical conclusions
B. Logical conclusions
C. Political conclusions
D. Rational conclusions

Answer: B. Logical conclusions

3. Hobbes contradicted Royalists who were claiming that the monarch ruled by

A. People’s note
B. Divine right
C. Dynastic power
D. Authoritative discretion

Answer: B. Divine right

4. Thomas Hobbes life span was

A. 1580-1679
B. 1588-1678
C. 1588-1679
D. 1586-1681

Answer: C. 1588-1679

5. The reformation began when Martin Luther King broke with

A. Protestant Church
B. Methodist Church
C. Evangelical Church
D. Roman Catholics

Answer: D. Roman Catholics

6. Thomas Hobbes was widely believed to be an

A. Extremist
B. Atheist
C. Enlighted thinker
D. None of these

Answer: B. Atheist

7. Leviathan was the famous political treatise of Hobbes was published in

A. 1650
B. 1651
C. 1661
D. 1665

Answer: B. 1651

8. Leviathan was the famous political treatise of Hobbes was published in

A. 1650
B. 1651
C. 1661
D. 1665

Answer: B. 1651

9. The Idea that truth is a function of language rather than of things is called

A. Realism
B. Rationalism
C. Linguistics
D. Nominalism

Answer: D. Nominalism

10. The Idea that truth is a function of language rather than of things is called

A. Realism
B. Rationalism
C. Linguistics
D. Nominalism

Answer: D. Nominalism

11. Hobbes argued that we can note kinds of physical motion that account for the totality of human nature. These kinds are

A. 2 in number
B. 4 in number
C. 6 in number
D. Numberless

Answer: A. 2 in number

12. Human happiness can only be defined as the realization of pleasure. This is the basis of Hobbes theory of?

A. Human nature
B. Knowledge
C. Human Psychology
D. Utilitarian Psychology

Answer: D. Utilitarian Psychology