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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 does Rawls claim about the freedom of assembly?
(a) That it forms the key to a strong democracy
(b) That it forms the key to a strong police force.
(c) That it forms the key to a strong monarchy.
(d) That it forms the key to a strong military.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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 is the second principle that the Original Position ensures?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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