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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to de Tocqueville, governments typically perish because they lead their country into a state of anarchy or what?
2. By excluding minorities from power, what does de Tocqueville believe will happen?
3. According to de Tocqueville, freedom cannot be what?
4. What is one of the best safeguards against potential tyranny of the majority in America?
5. The democratic writer assumes that man is what?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to de Tocqueville, although the democratic writer might have less to write about, what is the level of importance of what he writes about?
2. According to the author, what is the reason free people obey laws?
3. In de Tocqueville's observations, what do educated individuals in America read, and how does it relate to their lives?
4. Where does the American writer find poetry, according to de Tocqueville's observations?
5. What is one of the drawbacks to de Tocqueville's view of the American approach to literature and poetry?
6. Why, in America, would it be hard for a democratic government to exercise tyrannical authority?
7. De Tocqueville believes that political parties are what to democratic societies?
8. After the American Revolutionary war, the government defined, very precisely, the powers that belonged to whom?
9. De Tocqueville believes that religion provides what to Americans?
10. Why does de Tocqueville believe that freedom of opinion is practically non-existent in the United States?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is de Tocqueville's definition of religion? What role does religion play in politics, specifically in a democracy? Support your answer with examples and ideas from the book.
Essay Topic 2
De Tocqueville believes that nations today (in his time) will be unable to stop the conditions of man from becoming equal. What support does he provide for this statement? Do the ideas presented in his book support his statement? Why or why not? Use the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
What is the definition that de Tocqueville uses for freedom of the press? Using examples from the book, what role does freedom of the press have in a democracy? What role does it have in American democracy?
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