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

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

3. What does Rawls claim about the freedom of assembly?
(a) That it forms the key to a strong military.
(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 democracy

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Rawls claim is necessary for fair elections?

4. What is a Totalitarian state?

5. What did wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously say about Democracy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who decides the limits of human liberty, 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. What form must the protection of disadvantaged people come from?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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