Quiz: A New View of Society

10 questions drawn at random. Score 80% for a silver medal.

1. 1. What does Owen say about a man’s will and his opinions?

   The will has no power over opinions, which are impressed on him Opinions are formed by divine grace acting on the will The will freely chooses its opinions and is answerable for them The will governs opinions once a man reaches adulthood
2. 2. How should the wages for Owen’s national public works be set?

   Above private rates, so as to raise wages generally By the parish overseers, case by case, as need arose At the same rate as private labour Somewhat below the average private rate
3. 3. Under Dale, what hours did the pauper apprentices work in the mills?

   From eight till five, with Saturdays free Nights only, so that they could attend school by day Mornings only, with school in the afternoon From six till seven, summer and winter
4. 4. Which of these is not among the laws Owen says train the population to crime?

   The State lottery The laws for providing for the poor The Combination Acts against trade unions The licensing of gin-shops and pot-houses
5. 5. What is Owen’s main criticism of the Bell and Lancaster systems?

   They give too much power to the State They teach children to read but not to write or cipher They improve the manner of teaching, not its matter They are too expensive for poor parishes
6. 6. What does Owen propose to wean the poor from dram-drinking?

   Close every public house at once Raise duties on spirits and lower those on beer Pay workers partly in beer Prohibit the sale of all spirits and fermented liquors
7. 7. Why does Owen say the full new system will not be introduced at New Lanark?

   Scottish law did not allow such communities The village was too small The partners had forbidden it The works were too far advanced on the old system
8. 8. Which is the last of the four objects Owen gives for the Institution?

   The training of teachers for Scotland The improvement of the neighbourhood around New Lanark The gradual improvement of every nation in the world Higher profits for the partners
9. 9. Which of these is one of the false “first principles” on which, according to Owen, society has been founded?

   That children learn best through play That nations should live at peace with one another That labour is the source of all wealth That the affections are at the individual’s command
10. 10. What does Owen say would have happened if the present Judges had been born among the poor of St. Giles’s?

    They would have become clergymen They would still have risen to the bench by their talents and industry They would have emigrated to America They would probably have suffered prison, transportation or death