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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Prefaces Etc. : Chapter 1, Prefaces.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was John Stuart's father able to support him and his work?
(a) He acquired a loan.
(b) He used many credit cards.
(c) He was wealthy.
(d) He worked many jobs.

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

3. In what subjects was his education clearly weak?
(a) Art and humanities.
(b) Science and humanities.
(c) Science and mathematics.
(d) Mathematics and humanities.

4. What is the work done by these two friends?
(a) Their work is intellectual.
(b) Their work is mathematical.
(c) Their work is scientific.
(d) Their work is artistic.

5. Is the author considered a philosopher?
(a) Yes.
(b) Maybe.
(c) No.
(d) After his death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mary Wollstonecraft support?

2. When did Mary publish this?

3. What was part of the work of these two friends?

4. Why is their friendship less unusual today?

5. What was J.S. Mill to the women's movement?

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