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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 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 ignored.
(d) That it may be maximized.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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