Three Cheers for the Nanny State & Vocab Quiz

According to “Three Cheers for the Nanny State,” what item did New York City attempt to ban?

• Large Sodas

• Unsafe Cars

• Sugary Snacks

• Imported Clothes

What is the definition of retort?

• Worthy of praise

• self contained commercial establishment

• A sharp and witty reply

• turn to and adopt

As explained in “Three Cheers for the Nanny State,” why were some people resistant to the ban discussed?

• They found the ban's language hard to understand.

• They feared punishment for disobeying the ban

• They did not like being told what to do.

• They wanted a ban that was stricter.

According to “Three Cheers for the Nanny State,” what do opponents of the ban discussed in the essay fear?

• increased poverty

• more regulations

• busier stores

• higher prices

Commendable. With your knowledge of the word which phrase matches it the most.

• Ms. Rudd

• leaving trash on the floor

• cheating on your test

• putting olives on a pizza

Which of the following situations could best be used to illustrate the meaning of rational?

• Wearing sunglasses at night

• laughing during a sad movie

• staying inside during a thunderstorm

• walking barefoot in the snow

PART A: Based on “Three Cheers for the Nanny State,” choose the phrase that best describes the main way the author views human decision-making

• controlled by a rational decision

• controlled by a person's moral nature

• influenced by Mills "harm principle"

• influenced by "predictable miscalculations"

PART B: Which sentence from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

Correct Answer: influenced by "predictable miscalculations"

• John Stuart Mill wrote in 1859 that the only justifiable reason for interfering in someone's freedom of action was to prevent harm to others.

• You can stop someone from crossing a bridge that is broken, he said, because you can be sure no one wants to plummet into the river.

• Now we see that these errors aren't a function of bad character, but of our shared cognitive inheritance.

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  It's not always worth it to intervene, but sometimes, where the costs are small and the benefit is large, it is.

PART A: Which of the following states the main purpose of "Three Cheers to the Nanny State"

• explain the necessity of the ban

• to describe the ban

• to suggest an alternative to the ban

• to persuade people to reject the ban

PART B: Which sentence from “Three Cheers for the Nanny State” best supports the answer to Part A?

Correct Answer: Explain the necessity of the ban

• after all, people can still get as much soda as they want

• like the guy about to step through a hole on a broken bridge, we need help

• for some people, yes, it's an absolute loss

• it's hard to give up on the idea of ourselves of being complete rationals