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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Individual Versus Society.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many principles of justice does the Original Position later result in?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. What year was Adam Smith born?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1623.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1723.

3. Which century was Intuitionism first developed?
(a) Sixteenth.
(b) Seventeenth.
(c) Fifteenth.
(d) Eighteenth.

4. Why is the argument called the Original Position?
(a) Because it was the first argument Rawls thought of.
(b) Because it comes before everything else.
(c) Because it was a very early argument that Rawls revived.
(d) Because it is about the first thing that a person sees when they wake up.

5. How does the ignorant chooser know what is fair and what is not, according to Rawls?
(a) Because of an innate knowledge of fairness.
(b) Because they are taught what to believe.
(c) Because the monarch told them so.
(d) Because God told them so.

Short Answer Questions

1. What branch of philosophy is this book concerned with?

2. What does Rawls think a person would decide about their society if they had any choice?

3. What is the first virtue of social institution, according to Rawls?

4. What is another name for the Original Position?

5. What does the Individual lose from the Social Contract?

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