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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 the author believe members of society need to have nurtured?
(a) The education.
(b) Their physical capabilties.
(c) Their mental capabilities and other attributes.
(d) Their interests.

2. To what group of individuals could the author be compared, based on his beliefs about religion?
(a) Unitarians.
(b) Marxists.
(c) Mormons.
(d) Humanists.

3. Which goods or services stay on the market?
(a) The most unusual.
(b) The basic.
(c) The best.
(d) The worst.

4. Who is J.S. Mill's ancient predecessor?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Pythagoras.
(d) Aristotle.

5. Would Mill's ancient predecessor have agreed with Mill?
(a) Yes.
(b) Maybe.
(c) No.
(d) Sometimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Can the interference and control of the individual by the state or nation be the preferred course of action?

2. What is the definition of this type of trade?

3. To what does he refer regarding persecution?

4. Should there be choice among competing goods and services?

5. According to Humboldt, what does every individual need in order to learn himself fully?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mill observe about Mormons?

2. What is the purpose of this chapter?

3. How might the ideas and methods of Humboldt, Mill, and Taylor be useful?

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

5. What does Humboldt believe? Why might others disagree with him?

6. To what does this analysis lead?

7. To what is the author opposed? How does he support his beliefs regarding this issue?

8. What religious group does Mill mention suffering from persecution?

9. What is meant by free trade?

10. What does the author say about finding one's proper place and balance within society?

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