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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 believe is under attack?
(a) Life and liberty.
(b) Love and empathy.
(c) Discipline and control.
(d) Freedom and variety of situations.

2. What does the philosopher make clear regarding these two questions?
(a) One is more important than the other.
(b) Neither may be important, depending on the situation.
(c) Both sets of actions and consequences need to be taken into account.
(d) There are many other important questions.

3. What religious sect does he address now?
(a) The Church of the Brethren.
(b) The Mormons.
(c) The Baptists.
(d) The Seventh Day Adventists.

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

5. Are strong individuals, the active ones, and those of strong passions, emotions, impulses and energies an inherent problem for any nation?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Possibly.
(d) Often.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does he refer regarding persecution?

2. Do Mormons face persecution in Mill's society?

3. In England, why did the number of prisoners increase?

4. In what cases might the government need to take action?

5. What matter does the philosopher then take up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does J.S. Mill imply at the end of the text regarding the nurturing of society?

3. How does John Stuart Mill complete this book?

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

5. What example does he give to support his ideas about what is under attack?

6. With what question does the author begin this chapter?

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

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

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

10. To what does this analysis lead?

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