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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by absolute

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authority why? Because we said so take a look at this image right there [Finger points at a man and image of leviathan appears]

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all right here's the question... Absolute authority illustrated

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on the book cover above is best exemplified by which historic royal

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ruler? And here your potential answers.... well

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let's get this out of the way yes the cover of Leviathan is super creepy but [Cover of leviathan]

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you have to admit it's probably the most discerning skyline you'll ever see, sorry

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New York but the questions less about the book and more about history so which

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King from history best exemplifies the idea of absolute authority... was it A

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Chuck one - Well good old chuck yeah Charles there certainly sought absolute

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authority and believed in the divine right of Kings too bad he was convicted

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of treason and executed in the English Civil War. Guess he didn't have the [Charles I laying down waiting to be executed]

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authority to say hey guys please don't kill me that eliminates A... Well James

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the first also sought absolute authority but he failed as well though he was the

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first monarch of both England and Scotland. A for effort but F for failing [King James the first and an England and Scotland flag appear]

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to be a king for a ridiculous amount of time without anyone really challenging

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you and also having a pretty weird hat so that eliminates B as well. What about

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option D Henry the fourth well he started France on the road to absolute

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monarchy but was assassinated before achieving any real results..Starting to see a [King Henry the fourth assassinated on the road]

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theme here that means that absolute authority is best exemplified by C

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Louis the fourteenth often referred to as the Sun King Louis ruled for 72 years [King Louis with a bright orange light beaming behind him]

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with that question the longest reign of any monarch in European history but hey

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he didn't have a super awesome hat trying to throw you a bone there James,

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sorry... [King James I wearing a black top hat]

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