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

2. Over whom did Copernicus have a superior knowledge of this knowledge?
(a) His colleagues.
(b) Other biologists.
(c) The church and scientists of his location and time in history.
(d) The general public.

3. How does one begin to persecute another?
(a) They taunt someone for their beliefs.
(b) It is a response by someone with strong beliefs trying to oppose the reverse belief.
(c) They verbally abuse someone else.
(d) They physically attack another person.

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

5. What did Humboldt believe is the greatest goal in the holistic development of humanity?
(a) To be happy and healthy.
(b) To be religious and faithful.
(c) To be kind and loving.
(d) To be complete and whole.