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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Of the Limits to the Authority of the Society over the Individual.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Can an opinion be vulnerable to attack once exposed?
(a) Never.
(b) Rarely.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

2. What is a danger of more democracy?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Misunderstanding.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Tyranny.

3. What does the author makes clear when he refers to liberty?
(a) He means governmental liberty.
(b) He means personal liberty.
(c) He means societal liberty.
(d) He means religious liberty.

4. To what group of individuals could the author be compared, based on his beliefs about religion?
(a) Humanists.
(b) Unitarians.
(c) Marxists.
(d) Mormons.

5. The movements towards individuality that is released from intense restrictions are a sign, according to the philosopher, of what?
(a) Troubles to come.
(b) Hope for the future.
(c) A return to the past.
(d) More issues with which to deal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it a problem that some Mormons openly practice polygamy?

2. Europeans have a unique sense of _____________ that has co-existed right along with a great deal of political differences and variances in the ways of life of the peoples.

3. By exposing opinions what can people do?

4. Can the interference and control of the individual by the state or nation be the preferred course of action?

5. His knowledge could easily have been mistaken for what?

(see the answer key)

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