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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was part of the work of these two friends?

2. Of what is there a tendency in 1800s England, regarding education?

3. What did Mary Wollstonecraft support?

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

5. What is another topic these two cover?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. About what do Mill and his wife write?

5. How does John Stuart Mill begin this chapter?

6. What does the author discuss regarding controlling people?

7. What is the story of Copernicus?

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

9. Describe Mill and his wife's relationship.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diversity of situations is important to Mill.

Part 1) What is meant by diversity of situations?

Part 2) Why is diversity in this sense important, according to Mill? Do you agree with Mill?Why or why not?

Part 3) How can a society or state keep this type of diversity? Compare the diversity of situations in Mill's time to today. Based on this text, what would he say about our diversity of situations?

Part 4) Do you feel that a lack of diversity of situations is a problem in our society today? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Mill believes the mental capabilities and other attributes of the members of society need to be nurtured.

Part 1) Why does he believe they need to be nurtured?

Part 2) Do you find this to be important? Why or why not?

Part 3) How have your mental capabilities and other attributes been nurtured by society and the state? How has this nurturing affected your personality, interests, and relationships with others? Has your nurturing been important? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Mill discusses the amount of sovereignty an individual has over him or herself.

Part 1) What is sovereignty? What does Mill question, regarding one's sovereignty?

Part 2) How does Mill study and consider the amount of sovereignty one has over him/herself? To what, if any, conclusion does he come?

Part 3) How much sovereignty do you have? How do you feel about this? Would you like more or less? Why?

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