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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the only caveat to a maximum liberty of the individual?

4. What is a Totalitarian state?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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