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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Social Equality and Inequality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many principles of justice does the Original Position later result in?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

3. What does Rawls think a person would decide about their society if they had any choice?
(a) That it be at least a beautiful land.
(b) That it be at least a wealthy society.
(c) That it would be at least fair.
(d) That it would be at least a strong society.

4. What is the only caveat to a maximum liberty of the individual?
(a) That the individual is god-fearing.
(b) That the individual does not impede anyone else's liberty.
(c) That the individual does not challenge the powers that be.
(d) That the individual does not make too much money.

5. What does Rawls think will have to be secured to keep the society a just one?
(a) Good trade agreements.
(b) One world government.
(c) Rights.
(d) Military power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hobbes see the necessity of the Social Contract?

2. What branch of philosophy is this book concerned with?

3. What does Rawls believe is the dominant theory of political philosophy throughout the 20th Century?

4. What does the Individual gain out of the Social Contract?

5. What does Rawls claim about the Social Contract theory?

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