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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. Why is their friendship less unusual today?
(a) Since many people do not marry for love but for money.
(b) Since education has been turned into a coeducational experience.
(c) Since family members are often friends.
(d) Since husbands and wives are expected to be close companions.

2. In what country did Mill help women?
(a) Canada.
(b) France.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) The United States.

3. What did Mary Wollstonecraft support?
(a) Equality for African Americans.
(b) Women's rights.
(c) Gay rights.
(d) Pro life.

4. What is one topic these friends covered?
(a) Lithography.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Bio hazards.

5. 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 a crazy man full of crazy ideas.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what was Mill's education very strong?

2. What aspects did these two study?

3. How was John Stuart's father able to support him and his work?

4. Is the author considered a philosopher?

5. What is another topic these two cover?

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