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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Of Individuality as One of the Elements of Well-Being.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has been exclusively and specifically an intellectual and emotional companion of J.S. Mill's?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His wife.
(d) His cousin.

2. What would be a significant social project?
(a) To have opposing viewpoints and not discuss them.
(b) To put this simple idea regarding opponents into practice.
(c) To not have opposing viewpoints.
(d) To avoid clashes altogether.

3. What did Humboldt believe is the greatest goal in the holistic development of humanity?
(a) To be religious and faithful.
(b) To be happy and healthy.
(c) To be complete and whole.
(d) To be kind and loving.

4. Have the British been connected to this European relationship?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Much later.

5. With regard to personal behavior, what does Mill espouse?
(a) Each individual deserves the freedom to do as he or she wills and wishes given the limitation that to thwart, oppress or oppose the will of others is wrong.
(b) Only some people deserve freedoms, and may oppress the oppostion's freedoms.
(c) Each individual deserves the freedom to do as he or she will, as long as it follows the beliefs of the leader in power.
(d) Each individual deserves some freedoms, and that to thwart, oppress or oppose the will of others is wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. In this chapter Mill examines what?

2. How has Britain's location as a pair of islands influenced the way that Britain relates to whom?

3. Are strong individuals, the active ones, and those of strong passions, emotions, impulses and energies an inherent problem for any nation?

4. Over whom did Copernicus have a superior knowledge of this knowledge?

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

(see the answer key)

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