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

2. Would this social project be easy?

3. The entire chapter is devoted to discussing what?

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

5. What is another topic these two cover?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mill believe about freedoms of speech?

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

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

4. Describe Mill's education.

5. Describe Mill and his wife's relationship.

6. How is this author considered a philosopher?

7. What does John Stuart Mill say about the education system in Great Britain in the 1800s? How can one relate to this today?

8. What movements are taking place during Mill's time in Great Britain and Europe?

9. What is the story of Copernicus?

10. How does John Stuart Mill begin this chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Education in both the Middle Ages and nineteenth century England are discussed.

Part 1) What does the author say about these two education systems? Compare these two forms of education. Why does he use these two as examples?

Part 2) How do these two education systems compare to your own? Do you study opposing ideas? Do you try to understand the points of view of others?

Part 3) How has the U.S. educational system changed in the past one hundred years? How would Mill feel about these changes? Why would he feel this way?

Essay Topic 2

Democracy brings with it the danger of tyranny.

Part 1) What is tyranny? What does Mill mean by tyranny? Why does democracy bring with it the danger of tyranny?

Part 2) Is this danger worse than with a monarchy or dictatorship? Why or why not?

Part 3) Does he propose how to deal with this danger? What are your thoughts on how a democracy can avoid tyranny? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Mill discusses the matter of persecution in general as a reaction of people to others.

Part 1) According to Mill, what is persecution? Is this an adequate definition? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does one begin to persecute another? Why do people persecute others? What causes this desire to persecute? How can it be stopped?

Part 3) When does control in society to keep order turn into persecution? Where can this line be drawn?

Part 4) Does persecution exist in our society today? If so, why? How? If not, why not?

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