2. The Europeans want an increase in rights for whom?
(a) The elderly.
(b) A smaller portion of the populace.
(c) A larger portion of the populace.
(d) The wealthy.

3. What are the additional responsibilities that will be included for a democracy?
(a) How to elect leaders.
(b) How to cooperate among themselves.
(c) How to cooperate among a small group of leaders.
(d) How to cooperate with a leader.

4. For what did Mill's education prepare him well?
(a) Being a teacher.
(b) His engineering field.
(c) The social and political work that he came into later in life.
(d) Becoming a famous mathematician.

5. In what did Mill have a personal hand?
(a) Striving to get African American voting rights.
(b) Striving to get women voting rights.
(c) Striving to get women to want to vote.
(d) Stiving to get prohibition stopped.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. What does the author makes clear when he refers to liberty?

3. Why does the author go on to put this liberty into historical context?

4. In what did Mill sincerely believe regarding women?

5. Who is John Stuart's brother?

(see the answer key)

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