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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Of the Limits to the Authority of the Society over the Individual.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was initially thought to be John Stuart Mill's career?
(a) Painting.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Music.
(d) The priesthood.

3. Has this tendency continued into the 20th and 21st centuries?
(a) Yes, to some degree.
(b) No, not currently.
(c) No, not at all.
(d) Yes, completely.

4. When did Mary publish this?
(a) A good decade later.
(b) A good century later.
(c) A good century earlier.
(d) A good decade earlier.

5. What other countries does the author also believe have become more alike to one another?
(a) The Germans and the Russians.
(b) The Americans and Canadians.
(c) The Mexicans and the Americans.
(d) The British and French.

Short Answer Questions

1. When should drugs be used?

2. To what does he refer regarding persecution?

3. Does Mill directly mention women in particular?

4. The desire that Humboldt put forth for humanity and the method of exploration that he suggests combined with whose systematic thinking and exploration of ideas all tend to assist the process of thought towards arrival at the whole truth of life and of the reality for people?

5. Who is Mill's ancient predecessor?

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