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. Was Mill's attempt the first?
(a) Maybe.
(b) Yes, in the 1800s.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

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) Women.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Children.
(d) Men.

3. What is the main focus of the entire work?
(a) Divining the proper limitations of individual liberty and governmental authority.
(b) Creating a culture where most people are allowed certain liberties.
(c) Deciding who should be allowed to have individual freedoms.
(d) To discuss various opposing ideas.

4. Mill believes that freedom of speech as a means of clear expression of opinion has the possibility of doing what?
(a) Introducing many false beliefs to the general public.
(b) Forcing individuals to listen to each other.
(c) Causing problems.
(d) Advancing humanity through the discovery and use of the truth.

5. What was part of the work of these two friends?
(a) To face and address some of the least popular aspects of culture.
(b) To face and address some difficult mathematical equations.
(c) To face and address the issue of nuclear war.
(d) To face and address the issue of art of their time becoming stale and boring.