REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

CITY GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBOANGA

COLEGIO DE LA CIUDAD DE ZAMBOANGA

Post Mid-Term Examination

ELEC 101
(GREAT WORKS)
Name: ________________________________________ Score:______

Year and Section:_______________________________ Date:_______

GENERAL INSTRUCTION:

1. Any form of ERASURE(S) will invalidate your answer.

2. Use BLACK or BLUE ink only.
3. Write LEGIBLY.
4. Read and understand the question before answering.
5. Strictly follow instructions.
6. NO CHEATING

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Part A. Direction: Read the questions carefully. Encircle the correct answer.

1. What kind of principalities is it when the prince only took the state through or military force?
a. Hereditary principalities
b. New principalities
c. Old principalities
d. Taken principalities
e. Acquired principalities
2. In relation to the Prince, there are three ways to keep a state which is acquired. Which of the
following is not true?
a. In order to keep hold of the state, it is necessary to destroy the old way of the state
b. In order to keep hold of the state, the prince should reside personally in that state.
c. In order to keep hold of the state, the prince should permit the people to live to their accustom
cultures and laws.
d. In order to keep hold of the state, the prince should send every military force to the new state.
e. In order to keep hold of the state, the prince should treat any threat before it becomes worse.
3. The Prince should personally live in the new conquered city.
a. True, in order for him to be accustom to the new people’s law and ethical practices.
b. True, so that the people should get to know him and love him.
c. True, there’s no other substitute than he himself should reside there.
d. False, there’s no need for him to stay in the new city instead of sending soldiers
e. False, the prince should stay in his old city for protection of it.
4. It is not necessary to literally destroy a city in order to conquer it and keep it for long.
a. True, the prince should exercise mercy towards those whom he conquered
b. True, the prince doesn’t have to use brute force to let the people follow
c. True, love should be the best solution that the prince should possess.
d. False, it is needed so that the old state can no longer seek vengeance.
e. False, there’s a need to use brute force in disciplining the newly acquired state.
5. The Prince can hold a newly acquired city by allowing the people to live with their current laws,
drawing regular payment from the state, and to establish a government within in favour to him.
a. True, in order to gain the favour of the people in the old state.
b. True, rather than using brute force in ruling them.
c. False, it’s allowing people to get vengeance from their fallen old prince.
d. False, it’s showing lack of strategy for the prince.
 e. False, the prince can easily be betrayed in this manner.
6. In the prince, why is it resting hope of arms to mercenaries and auxiliaries are not wise?
a. Because they are not strong enough
b. Because they are coward against foreign soldier.
c. Because they don’t have enough strategy for war
d. Because they are unfaithful and ambitious
e. Because they are faithful only to their strength.
7. Which of the following does not belong to the list of soldier mention in “The Prince?”
a. Mercenaries
b. Auxiliaries
c. Own soldier
d. Mixed armies
e. Communist’s armies
8. According to “The Prince,” what should be the main thought of the prince in order to maintain
his position and be able to acquire another state?
a. The art of trading
b. The art of war and its rules and discipline
c. The art of friendship towards other states
d. The art of protection towards invaders
e. The art of Love
9. Who is the author of “The Prince”?
a. Thomas Hobbes
b. Niccolo Machiavelli
c. Rene Descartes
d. Martin Heidegger
e. Karl Marx
10. According to the work “The Prince,” what are the two kinds of states?
a. Democratic-Diplomatic
b. Democratic-Sovereign
c. Communist-Republic
d. Republic-Principalities
e. Republic-Parliament
11. What kind of state does the “The Prince” focus?
a. Republic
b. Democratic
c. Communist
d. Principalities
e. Parliament
12. Which of the following does not describe the kind of state we can find in The Prince?
a. This kind of state is hereditary
b. This kind of state is govern by those elected by the people
c. This kind of state is acquired through military power
d. This kind of state is acquired through one’s fortune
e. This kind of state is accustomed to live under a prince
13. Which of the following is true about hereditary principalities?
a. In this state, the prince is selected among the people by the people.
b. In this state, everyone can be nominated to be the prince
c. In this state, the prince needs his cabinet member in implementing laws
d. In this state, the prince can maintain the customs of his predecessor
e. In this state, the prince is under the governance of the crowd.
14. How should the prince in times of peace practice the art of war?
a. By action and by study
b. By action and by trading
c. By action and by maintaining peace
 d. By action and by kinship
e. By action and by words
15. Why does the author says that it is better to have a reputation of meanness than of generosity?
a. Because, generosity expense one’s property.
b. Because, meanness can make an empire disciplined.
c. Because, meanness is necessary in ruling subordinates.
d. Because, generosity leads to being despised and hated.
e. Because, generosity is not a quality of a princes.
16. What does the “state of nature” means in the book of Leviathan?
a. A war of every man against every man
b. A war of every man against a state
c. A war of every man in acquiring new state
d. A war of every man against himself
e. A war that every man seeks to be victorious
17. What part of the book which focuses on the outline on the right of the sovereigns and subjects?
a. Leviathan
b. Of man
c. Of common-wealth
d. Of Christian common-wealth
e. Of kingdom of darkness
18. What part of the book which focuses on the compatibility of Christian doctrine with Hobbesian
philosophy?
a. Leviathan
b. Of man
c. Of common-wealth
d. Of Christian common-wealth
e. Of kingdom of darkness
19. What part of the book which focuses on debunking false religious beliefs and the necessity of the
implementation of the leviathan is necessary in securing Christian commonwealth?
a. Leviathan
b. Of man
c. Of common-wealth
d. Of Christian common-wealth
e. Of kingdom of darkness
20. The author of the book “Leviathan”?
a. Thomas Hobbes
b. Niccolo Machiavelli
c. Rene Descartes
d. Martin Heidegger
e. Karl Marx
21. What did he title the first part of the book?
a. Leviathan
b. Of man
c. Of common-wealth
d. Of Christian common-wealth
e. Of kingdom of darkness
22. What did he title the second part of the book?
a. Leviathan
b. Of man
c. Of common-wealth
d. Of Christian common-wealth
e. Of kingdom of darkness
23. What did he title the third part of the book?
a. Leviathan
 b. Of man
c. Of common-wealth
d. Of Christian common-wealth
e. Of kingdom of darkness
24. What did he title the last part of the book?
a. Leviathan
b. Of man
c. Of common-wealth
d. Of Christian common-wealth
e. Of kingdom of darkness
25. What is the part that focuses on the natural condition of mankind known as the state of nature?
a. Leviathan
b. Of man
c. Of common-wealth
d. Of Christian common-wealth
e. Of kingdom of darkness

Part B. Sentence Analysis. Read the statements in each item and determine if it is correct or incorrect.
Choose the correct answer from the box provided. Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank provided.

A. Statement A at B is correct while statement C is incorrect.

B. Statement A at C is correct while statement B is incorrect.
C. Statement B at C is correct while statement A is incorrect.
D. All three statements are correct.
E. All three statements are incorrect.

____26. A. In the prince, we see a state that is hereditary

B. In the prince, we see a state that is acquired through military power
C. In the prince, we see a state that is acquired through one’s fortune.
____27. A. The prince should not rest their hope for arms in mercenaries and auxiliaries.
B. Mercenaries are not faithful to anyone except for the reward.
C. Mercenaries are ambitious and if win is not secured they easily retreat.
____28. A. Mercenary’s captains are dangerous may it be they are capable or not.
B. Auxiliary armies aren’t good either, whether they are capable or not, the prince will always be in
disadvantage.
C. The prince should rely on the forces of mercenaries and auxiliaries in keeping his state.
____29. A. The prince should not focus in the art of war.
B. The prince in order to keep hold of a state should be lenient to his subordinate
C. The prince in times of peace should always celebrate and be complaisant.
____30. A. The book two of the Leviathan talks about the compatibility of the Christian doctrine to Hobbesian
philosophy.
B. The book three consists of the rights of the sovereign.
C. It is in the book three where it was emphasize on giving up one’s right to the sovereign.
____31. A. There were at least twelve rights given to the sovereign in the commonwealth.
B. The sovereign exist because the majority has consented to his rule.
C. The purpose of commonwealth is peace and the task of the sovereign is to do anything in preserving
peace.
____32. A. There are three types of commonwealth; monarchy, democracy, and aristocracy
B. In monarchy there is only one representative.
C. Aristocracy is also known as popular commonwealth.
____33. A. Book three concerns the compatibility of Christian doctrines to Hobbes’ philosophy
B. Book three also contains religious system of leviathan.
C. In book three, Hobbes is trying to avoid chaos as a resulting from supernatural revelation.
____34. A. The fourth book engages in exposing false religious beliefs.
B. It is also in the fourth book that contains that implementation of Leviathan is necessary to secure
Christian commonwealth.
C. The fourth book talks not a darkness of evil but rather darkness of ignorance as opposed to the light
of true knowledge.
____35. A. The Prince in times of peace can practice the art of war by action and by study.
B. The prince needs to organize the soldiers that their body will be accustoms to hardship.
C. By study, the prince needs to study his own terrain in preparation for defending his state.
____36. A. Being generous can lead the prince to be despised and hated by the people.
B. Generosity only cost the property of the prince to be lost.
C. meanness is way better attribute for the prince than generosity.
____37. A. The prince should focus himself in the art of war and its rules and discipline
B. In times of peace the prince need to understand the art of war by action and by study.
C. By action means that the prince need to train hard his soldier in preparation for the future.
____38. A. Peace and unity is best achieve by the establishment of commonwealth through social contract
B. Leviathan is a creature taken from the idea in the book of Job
C. Leviathan as a ruler has same concept like that of the prince.
____39. A. The new principality is a principality acquired from inheriting the status of the prince from his
parents.
B. The new principality is a principality acquired by taking up the state by fortune
C. The new principality is a principality acquired through military force.
____40. A. In order to keep hold of the state, it is necessary to destroy the old way of the state.
B. In order to keep hold of the state, the prince should reside personally in that state.
C. In order to keep hold of the state, the prince should permit the people to live to their accustom
cultures and laws.
____41. A. the Prince should personally live in the new conquered city.
B. In living personally with the people the prince can be able to detect directly and do actions to any
arising matters.
C. In living personally with the people the prince endangered himself to frontal attack of the people.
____42. A. In acquiring a state, one should destroy it so that it cannot seek vengeance.
B. One should destroy it to the point there will be impossibilities for it to recover for rebellion.
C. The prince should kill all the residence in a state and deploy his personal kinsmen to that state.
____43. A. The Prince can hold a newly acquired city by allowing the people to live with their current laws,
drawing regular payment from the state, and to establish a government within in favour to him.
B. In doing so, the prince can gain the favour of the people living in the old state.
C. in doing so, it is showing lack of strategy for the prince.
____44. A. The prince talked about two types of state.
B. The principalities may be either hereditary or a new principalities
C. The book “The Prince” talks about what means does a prince have to achieve its ends.
____45. A. The author of the “Prince” is Thomas Hobbes
B. The Prince talks about social contract as its main topic
C. The prince talks about that society is always in the state of war.
____46. A. In the hereditary principalities, the prince is selected among the people by the people.
B. In the hereditary principalities, everyone can be nominated to be the prince
C. In the hereditary principalities, the prince needs his cabinet member in implementing laws
____47. A. In the Leviathan, man is perceived to be driven by his appetite and desire.
B. Hobbes discusses that because of the desire man has, the greater good is only a unnecessary.
C. Hobbes claims that while there is no greater good there is always greater evil, the fear of violent
death.
____48. A. Man is always in the state of nature outside of the society.
B. State of nature is a state of war of all against all.
C. Man always has a greater good while he is in the state of nature.
____49. A. In the state of nature there is no place for industry because the condition is always uncertain.
B. In the state of nature, every person shows generosity.
 C. In the state of nature there is always a danger of facing a violent death.
____50. A. Common wealth is created in the leviathan to oppress all the members of the state.
B. There is no guaranteed good inside of the commonwealth.
C. Commonwealth is just the same in the condition of the state of nature.

Test II. ESSAY

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Content The Content The Content The Content
(conceptualization) contains the contains unrealistic contains
realistic reflection that one unrealistic
reflection that can do in relevant reflection and
one can do in to the essence of irrelevant to the
relevant to the the topic discussed essence of the
essence of the topic discussed
topic discussed

1. Discuss what you have learned in “The Prince” in relation to political matters.

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2. Which of the idea between the prince and leviathan do you think is the best way of governing a state in
our present time? Defend your answer.
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Subject: ELEC 101: Great Works

Exam Writer: Maverick Daryl W. Napolereyes

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

Type of Test Topic No. of LOTS Questions No. of HOTS Questions Total Number of Items

A. Multiple Choice a. The Prince 8 22 30

b. The Leviathan 5 15 20
B. Essay A reflection on the great works 2 2
of the great thinker in relation
to real life application

Prepared by: Check by: Approved by:

MAVERICK DARYL W. NAPOLEREYES CELINA A. HERMOSILLA MARK FRANCIS FRANCISCO JOSE GENARO YAP-
AIZON,Ph.D.

Faculty Academic Coordinator Director of Quality Assurance College President

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