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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the word and idea 'Democracy' come from?
(a) Ancient Egypt.
(b) The Ancient Athenians of Greece.
(c) Ancient Rome.
(d) Ancient India.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year was Adam Smith born?

3. What is assumed about the liberty of the Individual, according to “The Two Principles of Justice”?

4. What did wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously say about Democracy?

5. What does Rawls claim is necessary for fair elections?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the limits of human freedom according to the Two Principles of Justice essentially a form of social contract?

2. What has to be used to ensure the two principles of justice?

3. What are the limits of human freedom, according to the Two Principles of Justice?

4. How does the Original Position not account for second- or later generations?

5. What is the first principle that the Original Position ensures?

6. Who decides the limits of human liberty, according to the Two Principles of Justice?

7. In what way does Rawls admit that inequalities can be endured in his system?

8. In what way does the Original Position ensure the two principles of justice?

9. What form must the protection of disadvantaged people come from?

10. What is the second principle that the Original Position ensures?

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