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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 is the work done by these two friends?

2. Where did John Stuart's father loom large in relevance during John Stuart's earliest years?

3. How has Britain's location as a pair of islands influenced the way that Britain relates to whom?

4. Does Mill directly mention women in particular?

5. The movements towards individuality that is released from intense restrictions are a sign, according to the philosopher, of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story of Copernicus?

2. What does John Stuart Mill's success in helping British women get the right to vote reveal about him?

3. What is thought of Copernicus' knowledge now?

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

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

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

7. How does John Stuart Mill begin this chapter?

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

9. What does Mill believe about freedoms of speech?

10. About what do Mill and his wife write?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

John Stuart Mill is a home-schooled philosopher.

Part 1) Describe Mill's education. How has his education prepared him for his future as a journalist and civil rights advocate?

Part 2) Compare his education to you own. What aspects of each do you believe are beneficial? Why?

Part 3) If his education had been different or non-existent, how might this have changed his life? So, how influential was his education on his life's work?

Essay Topic 2

When the author refers to liberty, he means societal liberty.

Part 1) What is meant by societal liberty? Why is this important to Mill?

Part 2) What are his opinions on societal liberty? How have the opinions come about?

Part 3) How does he question his own and others' beliefs about liberty? Why does he study liberty and its affects on individuals and society?

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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