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...money to gather together, if possible, all the books in the world’ (Letter of Aristeas, 9; see Shutt, 1985, p. 12). The idea that the Library of Alexandria set out to gather every book ever written – including important non-Greek texts – no matter the cost, would be repeated numerous times, from the first-century CE historian Josephus, to the sixth-century CE...

...money for anything more. We were a generation without advanced education or training, anxious about our future. Some of us had shown great promise at school, but now we were stuck, most of our parents could not pay for our further education and there were no national projects to employ us. And here we were, hating the place we loved, because it was on the verge of choking...

...money on champagne. You are simply too poor to buy a loaf of bread, not through any fault of your own. Compare your answers with the answers and explanations below before reading on. Discussion (1), (5), (6), (8), (9) and (10) are all straightforward restrictions of negative freedom. (2) almost certainly isn't (unless someone has somehow restricted your growth). (11)...