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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously say about Democracy?
(a) "Far from perfect, but the best system on the table."
(b) "The ignoble chasing the inedible."
(c) "The sublimest virtue."
(d) "Far from perfect."

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

3. 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.

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

5. What is a Totalitarian state?
(a) The opposite of a democracy.
(b) A type of economic system.
(c) A type of religious state.
(d) A type of secular state.

Short Answer Questions

1. How, according to Rawls, does justice help to assign rights and duties?

2. What is another name for the Original Position?

3. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?

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

5. What does Rawls admit might happen within his just society?

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