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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Of the Limits to the Authority of the Society over the Individual.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mill address and also take a step further?
(a) The issue of fear.
(b) The issue of inequality.
(c) The issue of tyranny.
(d) The issue of a dictatorship.

2. Who has been exclusively and specifically an intellectual and emotional companion of J.S. Mill's?
(a) His mother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His sister.
(d) His wife.

3. How has Britain's location as a pair of islands influenced the way that Britain relates to whom?
(a) The 'Non-Europeans.'
(b) The 'Others.'
(c) The 'Continental Europeans.'
(d) The Americans.

4. For how long was this woman his close companion?
(a) A somewhat short time.
(b) A very long time.
(c) An average amount of time.
(d) A very short time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one goal of education during the Middle Ages?

2. Who is John Stuart's brother?

3. What, along with sufficient opportunities to express the nature, are all conducive to a healthy and vigorous individual and society according to Mill?

4. What does Mill say about when one might pass a village or two away from one's home?

5. What would the author prefer people to do, regarding opposing views?

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