Democracy in America Quiz | One Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Democracy in America Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2, Part 3: Chapter 1-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of people are educated and serve to bring reason to debates through logic?
(a) Critics.
(b) Statesmen.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Politicians.

2. Democracy influences the citizens' political views and what other types of views?
(a) Social.
(b) Religious.
(c) Moral.
(d) Industrial.

3. De Tocqueville observes that, while traveling outside their own country, Americans tend to travel with signs associated with _______________?
(a) Higher ranked political offices.
(b) Higher ranked aristocrats.
(c) Higher ranked scholarly pursuits.
(d) Higher ranked industrial activities.

4. Equality of conditions means there are no a priori what in America?
(a) Influences.
(b) Points of view.
(c) Prejudices.
(d) Ideas.

5. Lawyers are connected to the aristocracy by their personal interest and what?
(a) Friends.
(b) Culture.
(c) Reasoning.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to de Tocqueville, governments typically perish because they lead their country into a state of anarchy or what?

2. De Tocqueville believes that educated Americans read what type of literature?

3. Compared to an aristocratic government ruled by an elite administration, democracy allows for what?

4. To a democratic writer, truth cannot emanate from a human simply because the human does what?

5. Instead of being driven by man, events--according to a democratic writer--are driven by what?

(see the answer key)

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