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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the early Intuitionists believe they got their appreciation of morals, rights and wrongs or fairness?
(a) Their parents.
(b) God.
(c) Nature.
(d) The king.

3. What does Rawls claim about the Social Contract theory?
(a) It is better than Marxism.
(b) It is ridiculous.
(c) It is the only philosophy that makes sense.
(d) It is better than Utilitarian theory.

4. What is the implicit assumption that the Social Contract theory makes?
(a) That there is a God.
(b) That there is a scientific truth.
(c) That there is some form of agreement between Individual and government.
(d) That everyone intrinsically knows right from wrong.

5. What is the greatest criticism levelled against Utilitarianism?
(a) That majority views are ignored.
(b) It is not strong enough.
(c) That minority views are ignored.
(d) It's not realistic.

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

7. 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 would be at least a strong society.
(c) That it would be at least fair.
(d) That it be at least a wealthy society.

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

9. What does the Individual gain out of the Social Contract?
(a) Military might.
(b) Protection and security.
(c) Power and glory.
(d) Money and wealth.

10. What branch of philosophy is this book concerned with?
(a) Political.
(b) Epistemology.
(c) Metaphysics.
(d) Skeptical.

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

12. What do Intuitionist' believe in?
(a) That good and wrong are revealed by God to the select few.
(b) That good and wrong are innately known.
(c) That good and wrong are illusions told by the rich.
(d) That good and wrong are taught.

13. Why is the argument called the Original Position?
(a) Because it was the first argument Rawls thought of.
(b) Because it was a very early argument that Rawls revived.
(c) Because it comes before everything else.
(d) Because it is about the first thing that a person sees when they wake up.

14. What is the maxim of Utilitarian philosophy?
(a) The greatest good to the wealthiest.
(b) The greatest good for the greatest number.
(c) The greatest good to the deserving.
(d) Might makes right.

15. 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 states who has the power and who doesn't.
(c) It ensures that some people get more duties than others.
(d) It enforces the law.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the father of Utilitarianism?

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

4. What does Rawls accept about his own theory?

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

(see the answer keys)

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