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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. What other countries does the author also believe have become more alike to one another?
(a) The Mexicans and the Americans.
(b) The British and French.
(c) The Germans and the Russians.
(d) The Americans and Canadians.

2. Why is this an additional responsibility?
(a) They only have their leader to blame.
(b) They can only complain to themselves.
(c) The Crown has now been replaced by an elected leader.
(d) There is no longer the authority of the Crown to chaff against and therefore to blame for the trouble.

3. Who is John Stuart's father?
(a) James Mill.
(b) Jeremy Mill.
(c) John Mill.
(d) Joshua Mill.

4. By exposing opinions, what chance are people given?
(a) To harrass others about their beliefs.
(b) To correct the mistakes of others or of enriching the consciousness of both or all those involved.
(c) To continue to believe their own opinions without regard to others.
(d) To tell the truth.

5. During the Middle Ages, on what had logical premises been founded?
(a) Knowledge taken from authority rather than derived from experience or from one's own mind.
(b) Religious beliefs and ideals, rather than scientific studies.
(c) Scientific studies, rather than religious beliefs and ideals.
(d) Students' own thoughts and experiences, rather than the knowledge from authority figures.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author say happens in most cultures regarding private behavior?

3. Would this social project be easy?

4. He asserts his own view that even if only one individual on the entire face of the Earth holds a particular opinion that he or she can do what?

5. How does John Stuart Mill begin this chapter?

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