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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rawls claim is necessary for fair elections?
(a) Fair, free and often elections.
(b) As long as the wealthy get a chance to make a vote.
(c) So long as the majority get a chance to vote.
(d) One general election every generation.

2. What does Rawls claim about the freedom of assembly?
(a) That it forms the key to a strong monarchy.
(b) That it forms the key to a strong democracy
(c) That it forms the key to a strong military.
(d) That it forms the key to a strong police force.

3. What is assumed about the liberty of the Individual, according to “The Two Principles of Justice”?
(a) That it may be ignored.
(b) That it is the only important virtue.
(c) That it may be maximized.
(d) That it may be minimized.

4. What year was Adam Smith born?
(a) 1723.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1823.

5. Where does the word and idea 'Democracy' come from?
(a) Ancient Egypt.
(b) Ancient Rome.
(c) The Ancient Athenians of Greece.
(d) Ancient India.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only caveat to a maximum liberty of the individual?

2. What is the second principle derived from the Original Position

3. How many principles of justice does the Original Position later result in?

4. What does Rawls think will have to be secured to keep the society a just one?

5. What is a Totalitarian state?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the limits of human freedom according to the Two Principles of Justice essentially a form of social contract?

2. What form must the protection of disadvantaged people come from?

3. Who decides the limits of human liberty, according to the Two Principles of Justice?

4. What is the first principle that the Original Position ensures?

5. In what way does the Original Position ensure the two principles of justice?

6. What is the second principle that the Original Position ensures?

7. In what way does Rawls admit that inequalities can be endured in his system?

8. What has to be used to ensure the two principles of justice?

9. How does the Original Position not account for second- or later generations?

10. What are the limits of human freedom, according to the Two Principles of Justice?

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