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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Individual Versus Society.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?
(a) Sixteenth.
(b) Seventeenth.
(c) Fifteenth.
(d) Eighteenth.

2. What is the Veil of Ignorance in Rawls' argument?
(a) A metaphor to describe different types of citizens.
(b) A metaphor for a different type of belief.
(c) A garment worn by politicians.
(d) A metaphor for not being able to tell what kind of society one will later be in.

3. How does the ignorant chooser know what is fair and what is not, according to Rawls?
(a) Because the monarch told them so.
(b) Because they are taught what to believe.
(c) Because God told them so.
(d) Because of an innate knowledge of fairness.

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

5. Whom of the following was a leading 'Intuitionist'?
(a) John Hurt.
(b) John Locke.
(c) Socrates.
(d) J.S. Mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?

2. What is another name for the Original Position?

3. What does Rawls think a person would decide about their society if they had any choice?

4. In the chapter “The Original Position,” what does Rawls say must be assumed about the person?

5. Where did the early Intuitionists believe they got their appreciation of morals, rights and wrongs or fairness?

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