Democracy in America Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Democracy in America Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Politically, the New World has never experienced what?
(a) Republics.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Social change.
(d) Democracy.

2. The democratic writer assumes that man is what?
(a) Logical.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Powerless.
(d) Powerful.

3. In de Tocqueville's analysis, sovereignty flows in what direction?
(a) From the federal government to the state.
(b) From the state to the people.
(c) From the people to the state.
(d) From the people to the military.

4. How long did de Tocqueville stay in the united States?
(a) One year.
(b) Nine months.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) Six months.

5. In de Tocqueville's observations, compared to European legislation, American legislation is what?
(a) Inefficient.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Ineffective.
(d) Unclear.

6. De Tocqueville believes that democracy provides an authority of its own by replacing the certitudes of the intellectual with what?
(a) The certitudes of the conservatives.
(b) The certitudes of the political elite.
(c) The certitudes of the center.
(d) The certitudes of the majority.

7. About what does de Tocqueville believe aristocrats are busy writing?
(a) Humankind.
(b) Mundane matters.
(c) Life.
(d) Unique nations.

8. According to de Tocqueville, in America men obey what?
(a) Justice and laws.
(b) Secular authority.
(c) God.
(d) Divine authority.

9. De Tocqueville compares equality to what weapon?
(a) A double-edged sword.
(b) A spear.
(c) A bow and arrow.
(d) A dagger.

10. Democratic regimes will value general well-being over what?
(a) Wealth of the majority.
(b) Wealth of the minority.
(c) Extraordinary wealth of the few.
(d) Extraordinary wealth of the ruling class.

11. Compared to an aristocratic government ruled by an elite administration, democracy allows for what?
(a) Concentration of power.
(b) Weaker governance.
(c) More powerful governance.
(d) Concentration of wealth.

12. What type of person does de Tocqueville say the American writer sees himself as?
(a) Entrepreneur.
(b) Thinker.
(c) Scholar.
(d) Enlightened.

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

14. What is one of the best safeguards against potential tyranny of the majority in America?
(a) The press.
(b) The judicial system.
(c) The balance of power.
(d) The media.

15. When American writers exaggerate the importance of a subject, de Tocqueville says it gets lost in what?
(a) The world.
(b) The clouds.
(c) Space.
(d) Oblivion.

Short Answer Questions

1. The New World is considered to be what, geographically, to the rest of the world?

2. Before the American Revolution, what were the two great political parties?

3. American settlers imported most of their technical language from where?

4. Equality among people triggers innovation and intellectual what, in de Tocqueville's observations?

5. Power is divided between what two entities in the United States?

(see the answer keys)

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