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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mary Wollstonecraft support?

2. Had many of the Europeans were or recently were living under the authority of monarchies and aristocracies?

3. What does the author believe leads to progress?

4. He asserts his own view that even if only one individual on the entire face of the Earth holds a particular opinion that he or she can do what?

5. What was initially thought to be John Stuart Mill's career?

Short Essay Questions

1. About what do Mill and his wife write?

2. Why does the author put the idea of liberty into historical context? Does he confine his criticism to Great Britain?

3. What was exposed by this aspect of the Middle Ages education system?

4. What is the story of Copernicus?

5. What does Mill explain about Europeans and their sense of unity?

6. What does John Stuart Mill say about his wife? Why?

7. What is known about John Stuart Mill's father and brother?

8. What is said about Aristotle regarding tyranny in this chapter?

9. How is tyranny a threat to democracy?

10. What does the author mean by liberty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mill discusses the matter of persecution in general as a reaction of people to others.

Part 1) According to Mill, what is persecution? Is this an adequate definition? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does one begin to persecute another? Why do people persecute others? What causes this desire to persecute? How can it be stopped?

Part 3) When does control in society to keep order turn into persecution? Where can this line be drawn?

Part 4) Does persecution exist in our society today? If so, why? How? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 2

John Stuart Mill and his wife wrote this book.

Part 1) What is unusual about this? What does this reveal about J.S. Mill?

Part 2) What does this reveal about Mill's wife?

Part 3) How might John's relationship with his wife influence his advocacy of women's rights, or vice versa?

Essay Topic 3

Freedom of speech can enhance life for everyone.

Part 1) Why does Mill believe freedom of speech can enhance life?

Part 2) Compare a culture, such as our own, with one that does not allow for such freedoms of speech. How does your comparison support Mill's belief about the power of the freedom of speech?

Part 3) how have you used your freedom of speech? What might your life be like without this freedom?

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