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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 general attitude does de Tocqueville purport that Americans have towards each other?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Acrimonious.
(c) Distant.
(d) Privileged.

2. What reason does de Tocqueville supply for what Americans read, other than to stay informed?
(a) Profit.
(b) School.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Professional development.

3. What class, in America, will eventually gain the upper hand in their struggles?
(a) The scholarly class.
(b) The aristocratic class.
(c) The poor class.
(d) The working class.

4. Under aristocratic regimes, privileges are set by what?
(a) Relationships.
(b) Blood.
(c) Family.
(d) Birth.

5. In de Tocqueville's observations, the patriotism of Americans is more akin to cupidity than to what?
(a) A sense of requirement.
(b) A sense of country.
(c) A sense of duty or pride.
(d) A sense of obligation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In de Tocqueville's observations, aristocratic societies make countless _____________ available between man and God.

2. When American writers exaggerate the importance of a subject, de Tocqueville says it gets lost in what?

3. What type of people are educated and serve to bring reason to debates through logic?

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

5. What type of person does de Tocqueville say the American writer sees himself as?

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