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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Democracy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who should hold the greatest advantage in Rawls’ ideal society?
(a) The royals.
(b) The poor.
(c) No one.
(d) The rich.

2. What is the second principle derived from the Original Position
(a) The education is respected.
(b) That the environment is protected.
(c) That the Rich are allowed certain tax breaks.
(d) That disadvantaged people are provided for.

3. What is the first virtue of social institution, according to Rawls?
(a) Strength.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Militarism.
(d) Justice.

4. What does Rawls want his theory of justice to be?
(a) Something to destroy the theories of Utilitarianism.
(b) Something to remember.
(c) The dominant political view.
(d) A viable alternative to other theories.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Totalitarian state?

2. What does Rawls claim about the freedom of assembly?

3. What is the Veil of Ignorance in Rawls' argument?

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

5. What defines a good society, according to Rawls?

(see the answer key)

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