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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. In America, all siblings are what?
(a) Given the same rank.
(b) Treated differently depending on birth order.
(c) Equal.
(d) Treated differently.

2. The American historian holds individuals accountable for what?
(a) Major choices.
(b) Major events.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Everything.

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

4. Democracy tightens social ties as it loosens what?
(a) Social bonds.
(b) Religious bonds.
(c) Moral bonds.
(d) Familial bonds.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what does de Tocqueville state that the United States does not produce a valuable body?

3. De Tocqueville believes that the democratic writer has less to write about, but the writings are ________, when compared to aristocratic writings.

4. In de Tocqueville's observations, the economic class of an individual may confer on him several privileges, but there are no _______________ attached to those privileges.

5. De Tocqueville believes that Americans have little means of discussing opinions outside the range of those entertained by whom?

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