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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Of Individuality as One of the Elements of Well-Being.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Mill's case, does he typically mean violent factions?
(a) Somewhat.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Only at first.

2. With regard to personal behavior, what does Mill espouse?
(a) Each individual deserves the freedom to do as he or she will, as long as it follows the beliefs of the leader in power.
(b) Each individual deserves some freedoms, and that to thwart, oppress or oppose the will of others is wrong.
(c) Only some people deserve freedoms, and may oppress the oppostion's freedoms.
(d) Each individual deserves the freedom to do as he or she wills and wishes given the limitation that to thwart, oppress or oppose the will of others is wrong.

3. Who is John Stuart's brother?
(a) Jeremy Bentham.
(b) James Brown.
(c) Justin Benjamin.
(d) Joshua Bartlett.

4. The Europeans want an increase in rights for whom?
(a) A larger portion of the populace.
(b) The elderly.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) A smaller portion of the populace.

5. During the Middle Ages, on what had logical premises been founded?
(a) Religious beliefs and ideals, rather than scientific studies.
(b) Students' own thoughts and experiences, rather than the knowledge from authority figures.
(c) Knowledge taken from authority rather than derived from experience or from one's own mind.
(d) Scientific studies, rather than religious beliefs and ideals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author believe leads to progress?

2. Here John Stuart Mill addresses the impact of what regarding expressing one's opinions?

3. What is one topic these friends covered?

4. What does the author think of destructive attacks against an opinion?

5. Can an opinion be vulnerable to attack once exposed?

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