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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. Has this tendency continued into the 20th and 21st centuries?
(a) Yes, completely.
(b) No, not currently.
(c) Yes, to some degree.
(d) No, not at all.

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

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

4. What aspects did these two study?
(a) The world of crime and legislation related to it.
(b) The world of painting and sculpture.
(c) The world of mathematics and science.
(d) The world of science and technology.

5. What would the author prefer people to do, regarding opposing views?
(a) People should ridicule those with opposing beliefs.
(b) People should ignore them.
(c) People should accept them as their own views.
(d) People should thoroughly learn the opposing viewpoint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author believe leads to progress?

2. What was initially thought to be John Stuart Mill's career?

3. Does the author confine his criticisms to his own nation?

4. How was J.S. Mill educated?

5. About what does Copernicus know?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is tyranny a threat to democracy?

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

3. What does John Stuart Mill say about the education system in Great Britain in the 1800s? How can one relate to this today?

4. How does John Stuart Mill begin this chapter?

5. What is said about Aristotle regarding tyranny in this chapter?

6. About what do Mill and his wife write?

7. Why is it rare that one has complete freedom as long as one does not oppress or oppose the will of others?

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

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

10. What does Mill explain about Europeans and their sense of unity?

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