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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Applications.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what group of individuals could the author be compared, based on his beliefs about religion?
(a) Humanists.
(b) Unitarians.
(c) Mormons.
(d) Marxists.

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

3. What did Mary Wollstonecraft support?
(a) Gay rights.
(b) Women's rights.
(c) Equality for African Americans.
(d) Pro life.

4. 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.

5. What is part of the reason for this discussion?
(a) So that readers of today can make political decisions that are directly relevant to them.
(b) So that readers of other cultures can make political decisions that are directly relevant to them.
(c) So that readers of the author's time period and culture can make political decisions that are directly relevant to them.
(d) So that readers of the future can make political decisions that are directly relevant to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what is persecution?

2. What aspects did these two study?

3. In what was Mill's education very strong?

4. To what does this analysis lead?

5. What exists today that the author did not mention?

(see the answer key)

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