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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Original Position.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what era was the theory of the Social Contract in favor?
(a) The Renaissance.
(b) The Dark Ages.
(c) The Enlightenment.
(d) The Modern Era.

3. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?
(a) It ensures that there is an equal distribution of such.
(b) It ensures that some people get more duties than others.
(c) It states who has the power and who doesn't.
(d) It enforces the law.

4. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?
(a) That it is quite socialist.
(b) That there is a certain amount of Intuitionism present in 'fairness'.
(c) That there is a degree of Marxism within it.
(d) That it might be hard to apply to the real world.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the essential problem of Intuitionism?

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

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

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