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Book 1, Prefaces Etc. : Chapter 1, Prefaces

1. Is the author considered a philosopher?
(a) Maybe.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) After his death.

2. How is John Stuart Mill viewed?
(a) As having been the most prominent English-speaking thinker in the 19th century.
(b) As having been the most prominent of all English-speaking thinkers of any time.
(c) As having been a fairly prominent philosopher at his time.
(d) As having been a crazy man full of crazy ideas.

3. How was J.S. Mill educated?
(a) He went to boarding school.
(b) He attended a private school.
(c) He attended public school.
(d) He was homeschooled.

4. In what was Mill's education very strong?
(a) The humanities.
(b) The arts.
(c) The sciences.
(d) Mathematics.

5. In what subjects was his education clearly weak?
(a) Science and humanities.
(b) Art and humanities.
(c) Mathematics and humanities.
(d) Science and mathematics.

6. For what did Mill's education prepare him well?
(a) Being a teacher.
(b) The social and political work that he came into later in life.
(c) His engineering field.
(d) Becoming a famous mathematician.

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