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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did John Stuart's father loom large in relevance during John Stuart's earliest years?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) America.

2. Who is John Stuart's brother?
(a) Joshua Bartlett.
(b) Jeremy Bentham.
(c) James Brown.
(d) Justin Benjamin.

3. For millions, if knowledge of the solar system were not proliferated and supporting information both provided and explained would the majority conclude from direct personal experience that the planets travel around the Sun?
(a) Most.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

4. In what country did Mill help women?
(a) France.
(b) Canada.
(c) The United States.
(d) Great Britain.

5. According to Mill, should women bear the full rights of citizenship?
(a) Not until they are married.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Not completely.

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

7. What is another topic these two cover?
(a) Stenography.
(b) Narcotic drugs.
(c) Space travel.
(d) Various theories.

8. Would this social project be easy?
(a) Yes, it would be very easy.
(b) No, not necessarily.
(c) No, not at all.
(d) Yes, would be fairly easy.

9. Why does humanity know the truth about the Solar System?
(a) The general population has been interested in studying the Solar system.
(b) Those who researched the matter intensively and extensively.
(c) Humanity does not know the truth about the Solar system.
(d) Copernicus' studies were thorough and complete.

10. What was limiting Copernicus' sharing of his knowledge?
(a) His view was hardly noticed by others, so his opinions were ignored.
(b) His was was extremely unpopular and met with much opposition.
(c) His view was extremely unpopular and met with a great deal of derision and persecution.
(d) His view was extremely popular, so others did not dispute it.

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

12. With regard to personal behavior, what does Mill espouse?
(a) Each individual deserves the freedom to do as he or she wills and wishes given the limitation that to thwart, oppress or oppose the will of others is wrong.
(b) Each individual deserves the freedom to do as he or she will, as long as it follows the beliefs of the leader in power.
(c) Each individual deserves some freedoms, and that to thwart, oppress or oppose the will of others is wrong.
(d) Only some people deserve freedoms, and may oppress the oppostion's freedoms.

13. In what work of this ancient philosopher does he refer to factions within a political system?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Politics.
(d) Aesthetics.

14. 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) Students' own thoughts and experiences, rather than the knowledge from authority figures.
(c) Religious beliefs and ideals, rather than scientific studies.
(d) Scientific studies, rather than religious beliefs and ideals.

15. In this chapter Mill examines what?
(a) The role of the people in controlling themselves.
(b) The role of both legal and nonlegal means of controlling people.
(c) The role of the elected leader in controlling his people.
(d) The role of the monarchy in controlling people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Bentham rely upon for support in ideas?

2. In what did Mill sincerely believe regarding women?

3. Of what is there a tendency in 1800s England, regarding education?

4. What is the work done by these two friends?

5. What is the definition for this type of liberty?

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