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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is this an additional responsibility?
(a) They can only complain to themselves.
(b) They only have their leader to blame.
(c) There is no longer the authority of the Crown to chaff against and therefore to blame for the trouble.
(d) The Crown has now been replaced by an elected leader.

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

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

4. When did Mary publish this?
(a) A good decade earlier.
(b) A good century earlier.
(c) A good decade later.
(d) A good century later.

5. By exposing opinions what can people do?
(a) Complain about one another's beliefs.
(b) Gain the opportunity of having their errors corrected.
(c) Argue over who is right.
(d) Realize how much individuals disagree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one topic these friends covered?

2. Who is John Stuart's brother?

3. How is John Stuart Mill viewed?

4. What does Mill indicate are all deeply important in how the freedom of each individual is affected by that of the others?

5. The entire chapter is devoted to discussing what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does John Stuart Mill begin this chapter?

3. What does John Stuart Mill's success in helping British women get the right to vote reveal about him?

4. How can one learn by expressing one's opinion?

5. What is known about John Stuart Mill's father and brother?

6. What does Mill say about the beliefs that one opposes?

7. What had Mary Wollstonecraft done for the women's movement?

8. What does the author say about tyranny?

9. What does the author discuss regarding controlling people?

10. Why must one be careful when discussing an issue or disagreeing over one's opinion?

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