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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 does Mill like to see among the common people of language?
(a) Religion.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Similar culture.

2. Do Unitarians face persecution in Mill's society?
(a) A great deal.
(b) Little.
(c) Much.
(d) None.

3. What do the author's intentions appear to be regarding the writing of this book?
(a) To come up with something useful to his contemporaries within the 'liberal movement.'
(b) To come up with something to give his contemporaries hope.
(c) To come up with something useful for today's readers.
(d) To come up with something that will help him to express his opinions.

4. He spends a little time supporting what efforts in America?
(a) The prohibition of alcohol.
(b) The campaign for the Democratic Party.
(c) The Civil Rights Movement.
(d) Improving education.

5. What is one significant question the author wants to answer?
(a) What are the implications on the surrounding community?
(b) What causes sovereignty in a community?
(c) Who wants sovereignty in a community?
(d) How will the government aid their community in gaining sovereignty?

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one example that he cites regarding persecution?

2. For the most part, does the philosopher urge the government to take action regarding this type of trade?

3. Where does this example take place?

4. What religious sect had the author previously cited?

5. What does John Stuart Mill repeat is needed and beneficial to humanity on the whole?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's belief that will happen if a government does not nurture its citizens?

2. Who is Wilhelm Von Humboldt?

3. What does Mill have to say about one's place in society in the Victorian age?

4. What has been the reaction to people who have trouble finding their proper place and balance within society?

5. How would Aristotle have worded this previous statement about nurturing?

6. How does John Stuart Mill complete this book?

7. What does Mill say about the impact of how one expresses his or her opinions?

8. How does the author describe persecution? What causes persecution?

9. What does the author say about taking days off from work?

10. What is one reason for the author discussing trade in this book?

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