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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Introductory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is John Stuart's father?
(a) James Mill.
(b) Joshua Mill.
(c) Jeremy Mill.
(d) John Mill.

2. In what country did Mill help women?
(a) The United States.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) Great Britain.

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

4. In what work of this ancient philosopher does he refer to factions within a political system?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Aesthetics.
(d) Politics.

5. What does Mill begin to set forth?
(a) A proposed idea for how to elect a leader.
(b) A proposed idea for issuing various freedoms.
(c) A proposed idea for a behavioral dictum.
(d) A proposed idea for running a democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is their friendship less unusual today?

2. In Mill's case, does he typically mean violent factions?

3. Was Mill an advocate for the women's rights movement?

4. What is a danger of more democracy?

5. Despite the reality that Mill's idea is far from new, it is what?

(see the answer key)

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