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. How does the author see the lessening of separation and the variety of situations?
(a) As a nuisance.
(b) As a weakness.
(c) As a gain.
(d) As a loss.

2. What does Mill say about when one might pass a village or two away from one's home?
(a) The people are unwelcoming and cold.
(b) The people are odd and uninviting.
(c) The people are much like those in one's own village.
(d) The people can barely be understood because they are as distinctive as if the next town were the next nation.

3. What does the author think of destructive attacks against an opinion?
(a) They are unwise.
(b) They are wise.
(c) They useful.
(d) They are unavoidable.

4. To what does this analysis lead?
(a) Mill and Taylor showing how there are times when the interference and control of the individual by the state is entirely legitimate.
(b) Mill and Tayolor showing how control of an individual takes away his or her right to liberty.
(c) Mill and Taylor showing how intereference is always needed.
(d) Mill and Taylor showing how interference is never needed.

5. Europeans have a unique sense of _____________ that has co-existed right along with a great deal of political differences and variances in the ways of life of the peoples.
(a) Unity.
(b) Inequality.
(c) Distrust.
(d) Fear.