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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Of Individuality as One of the Elements of Well-Being.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who has been exclusively and specifically an intellectual and emotional companion of J.S. Mill's?
(a) His mother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His wife.
(d) His sister.
2. What does Mill say about when one might pass a village or two away from one's home?
(a) The people are odd and uninviting.
(b) The people are much like those in one's own village.
(c) The people are unwelcoming and cold.
(d) The people can barely be understood because they are as distinctive as if the next town were the next nation.
3. With regard to personal behavior, what does Mill espouse?
(a) Each individual deserves some freedoms, and that to thwart, oppress or oppose the will of others is wrong.
(b) Each individual deserves the freedom to do as he or she will, as long as it follows the beliefs of the leader in power.
(c) Each individual deserves the freedom to do as he or she wills and wishes given the limitation that to thwart, oppress or oppose the will of others is wrong.
(d) Only some people deserve freedoms, and may oppress the oppostion's freedoms.
4. What is the main focus of the entire work?
(a) Deciding who should be allowed to have individual freedoms.
(b) Creating a culture where most people are allowed certain liberties.
(c) To discuss various opposing ideas.
(d) Divining the proper limitations of individual liberty and governmental authority.
5. Mill believes that freedom of speech as a means of clear expression of opinion has the possibility of doing what?
(a) Forcing individuals to listen to each other.
(b) Advancing humanity through the discovery and use of the truth.
(c) Causing problems.
(d) Introducing many false beliefs to the general public.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Mill, should women bear the full rights of citizenship?
2. When does the author believe the clash of opposition is good?
3. What does Mill begin to set forth?
4. Is the author considered a philosopher?
5. What does Mill believe is under attack?
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