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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2, Part 4: Chapter 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The institutions of the United States tend to bring together what type of people?
(a) The scholarly people.
(b) People of aristocratic rank.
(c) People of all ranks.
(d) The political elite.

2. Compared to the European system, de Tocqueville says the America court system is what?
(a) Powerless.
(b) Meek.
(c) Small.
(d) Mild.

3. According to de Tocqueville, Americans seek ______________, but only within a narrow range.
(a) Success.
(b) Rights.
(c) Fortune.
(d) Privilege.

4. For whom is de Tocqueville writing this book?
(a) The European monarchs.
(b) The European aristocracy.
(c) The European revolutionaries.
(d) The European scholars.

5. According to de Tocqueville, when men seek more equality and comfort, what do they tend to become?
(a) More different.
(b) More alike.
(c) More despotic.
(d) More tyrannical.

Short Answer Questions

1. By excluding minorities from power, what does de Tocqueville believe will happen?

2. One drawback of equality of social conditions is an increase in what?

3. When compared to women in a traditional aristocratic regime, de Tocqueville says American women are more _________.

4. Political associations bring together whom?

5. What arm of the government, even in a democracy, tends to seek out war in de Tocqueville's observations?

(see the answer key)

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