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

2. 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.

3. What does Rawls think will have to be secured to keep the society a just one?
(a) Military power.
(b) Rights.
(c) Good trade agreements.
(d) One world government.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year was Adam Smith born?

3. What is a Totalitarian state?

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

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 has to be used to ensure the two principles of justice?

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

4. Who decides the limits of human liberty, according to 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. Why are the limits of human freedom according to the Two Principles of Justice essentially a form of social contract?

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

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

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

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