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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. What was J.S. Mill to the women's movement?
(a) A dream come true.
(b) A slight help.
(c) A terror.
(d) A nuisance.

2. Both law and public opinion have a tendency to do what?
(a) Assist the individual's liberty and freedom of action.
(b) Guide the individual's liberty and freedom of action.
(c) Conspire against the individual's liberty and freedom of action.
(d) Lead the individual's liberty and freedom of action.

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

4. Does Mill directly mention women in particular?
(a) Immediately.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) At the end of the chapter.

5. Of what is there a tendency in 1800s England, regarding education?
(a) For people to teach themselves one side of an argument but not to educate themselves in the opposing views.
(b) For people to only teach themselves the opposing side of an argument.
(c) For people to teach themselves both sides of an argument.
(d) For people to not study any side of an argument, to avoid disagreements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another major benefit of giving freedom and safety to voice individual opinions within society?

2. Why does the author go on to put this liberty into historical context?

3. What are the additional responsibilities that will be included for a democracy?

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

5. What altered who could be citizens and who hoped to be, or to become so?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John Stuart Mill say about his wife? Why?

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

3. Describe Mill and his wife's relationship.

4. How does John Stuart Mill begin this chapter?

5. What does Mill believe about freedoms of speech?

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

7. How is this author considered a philosopher?

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

9. What does the author discuss regarding controlling people?

10. What role does John Stuart Mill play in the women's movement?

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