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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. What was limiting Copernicus' sharing of his knowledge?
(a) His view was extremely popular, so others did not dispute it.
(b) His view was extremely unpopular and met with a great deal of derision and persecution.
(c) His view was hardly noticed by others, so his opinions were ignored.
(d) His was was extremely unpopular and met with much opposition.

2. Where does this example take place?
(a) Paris.
(b) Stockholm.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

3. What has an adverse effect upon separation?
(a) Improved communications and other systems that 'break down distance.'
(b) A need for differentiation.
(c) Weakened communications.
(d) The desire to have similar belief systems.

4. What was initially thought to be John Stuart Mill's career?
(a) The priesthood.
(b) Music.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Painting.

5. What is another topic these two cover?
(a) Space travel.
(b) Stenography.
(c) Various theories.
(d) Narcotic drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would be a significant social project?

2. What is the cause of the example he gives?

3. In this chapter Mill examines what?

4. Where did John Stuart's father loom large in relevance during John Stuart's earliest years?

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

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