Lesson 3.3.1.1.2

3.3.1.1.2 Liberalism: key thinkers Quiz: AQA Politics, Unit 3

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The 20 questions

  1. Which liberal thinker argued that humans possess natural rights to life, liberty and property?

    • Betty Friedan
    • John Locke
    • John Rawls
    • John Stuart Mill

  2. According to John Locke, government power is held in what capacity for the people?

    • By divine right
    • Through military force
    • In perpetuity
    • In trust

  3. Which thinker formulated the harm principle in 'On Liberty'?

    • Mary Wollstonecraft
    • John Stuart Mill
    • John Locke
    • John Rawls

  4. What type of actions did J.S. Mill argue the state should never restrict?

    • Collective actions
    • Self-regarding actions
    • Other-regarding actions
    • Unlawful actions

  5. What thought experiment did John Rawls propose to determine fair principles of justice?

    • Harm principle
    • Veil of ignorance
    • General will
    • State of nature

  6. Which Rawlsian principle allows social inequalities only if they benefit the least advantaged?

    • Liberty principle
    • Difference principle
    • Harm principle
    • Matching principle

  7. Which thinker advocated positive freedom and state-promoted self-development?

    • John Stuart Mill
    • John Rawls
    • T. H. Green
    • John Locke

  8. Which historic event prompted Mary Wollstonecraft to write A Vindication of the Rights of Men?

    • American Revolution
    • English Civil War
    • French Revolution
    • Glorious Revolution

  9. Which political movement is most closely associated with the liberal thinker Betty Friedan?

    • Second-wave feminism
    • Civil rights movement
    • Chartism
    • Socialist movement

  10. According to John Locke, what makes a government legitimate?

    • Divine right
    • Military power
    • Consent of governed
    • Hereditary succession

  11. According to John Locke, what is absent in the state of nature?

    • An impartial judge
    • Natural rights
    • Individual freedom
    • Natural law

  12. Which classic work by John Stuart Mill sets out the harm principle?

    • Subjection of Women
    • On Liberty
    • Utilitarianism
    • Das Kapital

  13. Which view of pleasure did John Stuart Mill reject in favour of higher intellectual pleasures?

    • Rationalism
    • Altruism
    • Crude hedonism
    • Egoism

  14. According to John Stuart Mill, what is the primary social benefit of individual liberty?

    • Self-development
    • Social harmony
    • Economic prosperity
    • Total equality

  15. According to John Rawls, what is the primary purpose of his principles of justice?

    • Total state control
    • Absolute income equality
    • Fair social cooperation
    • Maximising total wealth

  16. Which basic liberty is protected under the first principle of justice proposed by John Rawls?

    • Equal wealth distribution
    • Unlimited property rights
    • Liberty of conscience
    • Freedom from laws

  17. According to T. H. Green, how should the state foster positive freedom?

    • Removing social obstacles
    • Enforcing moral conformity
    • Minimising all taxes
    • Abolishing private property

  18. On what grounds did Mary Wollstonecraft attack hereditary aristocratic privilege?

    • Lack of reason
    • Economic inefficiency
    • Military weakness
    • Divine command

  19. According to Mary Wollstonecraft, what was the primary cause of female inequality in her era?

    • Lack of education
    • Biological inferiority
    • Natural weakness
    • Religious doctrine

  20. Which organisation was co-founded by Betty Friedan in 1966?

    • National Suffrage Union
    • Women's Liberation Front
    • National Organization for Women
    • Equal Rights Coalition

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