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. How is John Stuart Mill viewed?
(a) As having been a crazy man full of crazy ideas.
(b) As having been the most prominent of all English-speaking thinkers of any time.
(c) As having been a fairly prominent philosopher at his time.
(d) As having been the most prominent English-speaking thinker in the 19th century.

2. Amongst the British, ________ were one of the categories of members of society who were actively seeking increased rights, responsibilities and liberties within the nations of the Empire, particularly on the isles of Britain herself.
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) Women.
(d) Immigrants.

3. Both law and public opinion have a tendency to do what?
(a) Lead the individual's liberty and freedom of action.
(b) Guide the individual's liberty and freedom of action.
(c) Conspire against the individual's liberty and freedom of action.
(d) Assist the individual's liberty and freedom of action.

4. During the Middle Ages, on what had logical premises been founded?
(a) Knowledge taken from authority rather than derived from experience or from one's own mind.
(b) Religious beliefs and ideals, rather than scientific studies.
(c) Scientific studies, rather than religious beliefs and ideals.
(d) Students' own thoughts and experiences, rather than the knowledge from authority figures.

5. He spends a little time supporting what efforts in America?
(a) The Civil Rights Movement.
(b) Improving education.
(c) The campaign for the Democratic Party.
(d) The prohibition of alcohol.