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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2, Part 2: Chapter 10-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What deals with the affairs of the people and is bound to be turbulent and uncertain?
(a) Society.
(b) Politics.
(c) Community.
(d) Religion.

2. In America, de Tocqueville observes that _____________ links the aristocrat and the workman.
(a) Pride.
(b) Duty.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Tradition.

3. How does de Tocqueville characterize political parties?
(a) As unnecessary and good.
(b) As necessary but evil.
(c) As unnecessary and evil.
(d) As necessary and good.

4. Who does de Tocqueville believe seeks exclusive comfort?
(a) Aristocrats.
(b) The wealthy.
(c) Americans.
(d) Political elite.

5. De Tocqueville observes that judges are not elected, but are what?
(a) Endowed.
(b) Appointed.
(c) Installed.
(d) Called.

Short Answer Questions

1. In America, citizens have a right to what kind of associations?

2. To an American writer, the individuals and events are related how?

3. In what does de Tocqueville say American writers find poetry?

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

5. What kind of regime did the people of France and England live in?

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