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

2. Was Mill's attempt the first?
(a) Yes, in the 1800s.
(b) No.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Yes.

3. What does John Stuart Mill repeat is needed and beneficial to humanity on the whole?
(a) Diversity of situations.
(b) Similar culture.
(c) Diverse races.
(d) Similar language.

4. Between what does the author differentiate?
(a) The legitimate use of free speech and the acts of instigation and provocation.
(b) What is an opinion and what is a fact.
(c) Specific locations and situations in which one may express his or her opinion.
(d) Opinions that are factual and should be expressed and those that are false.

5. Is the author considered a philosopher?
(a) No.
(b) After his death.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Regarding the previous question, does Mill believe that this is ideal?

3. What religious sect does he address now?

4. The movements towards individuality that is released from intense restrictions are a sign, according to the philosopher, of what?

5. What does Mill begin to set forth?

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