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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Adam Smith born?

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

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

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

5. What is the second principle derived from the Original Position

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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