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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. Who does the author assert endeavors to make everyone alike?

2. What has an adverse effect upon separation?

3. What religious sect had the author previously cited?

4. What is one aspect of trade mentioned?

5. From what century is Wilhelm Von Humboldt?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is meant by free trade?

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

6. What are two of the most significant questions regarding one's conduct?

7. What does Mill observe about Mormons?

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

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

10. What does Mill believe is under attack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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