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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rawls claim is necessary for fair elections?
(a) So long as the majority get a chance to vote.
(b) One general election every generation.
(c) As long as the wealthy get a chance to make a vote.
(d) Fair, free and often elections.

2. What is the only caveat to a maximum liberty of the individual?
(a) That the individual is god-fearing.
(b) That the individual does not challenge the powers that be.
(c) That the individual does not make too much money.
(d) That the individual does not impede anyone else's liberty.

3. What did wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously say about Democracy?
(a) "Far from perfect."
(b) "Far from perfect, but the best system on the table."
(c) "The sublimest virtue."
(d) "The ignoble chasing the inedible."

4. Where does the word and idea 'Democracy' come from?
(a) Ancient Egypt.
(b) Ancient Rome.
(c) The Ancient Athenians of Greece.
(d) Ancient India.

5. What does Rawls admit might happen within his just society?
(a) Civil war.
(b) Political upheaval.
(c) Social and Economic inequality.
(d) Persecution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was Adam Smith born?

2. What does Rawls think will have to be secured to keep the society a just one?

3. How many principles of justice does the Original Position later result in?

4. What is the second principle derived from the Original Position

5. What is a Totalitarian state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the limits of human freedom, according to the Two Principles of Justice?

2. What has to be used to ensure the two principles of justice?

3. How does the Original Position not account for second- or later generations?

4. What form must the protection of disadvantaged people come from?

5. What is the first principle that the Original Position ensures?

6. What is the second principle that the Original Position ensures?

7. In what way does the Original Position ensure the two principles of justice?

8. Why are the limits of human freedom according to the Two Principles of Justice essentially a form of social contract?

9. Who decides the limits of human liberty, according to the Two Principles of Justice?

10. In what way does Rawls admit that inequalities can be endured in his system?

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