View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. What does Rawls claim is necessary for fair elections?
(a) One general election every generation.
(b) Fair, free and often elections.
(c) So long as the majority get a chance to vote.
(d) As long as the wealthy get a chance to make a vote.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the word and idea 'Democracy' come from?

2. How many principles of justice does the Original Position later result in?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 674 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample