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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, young men are given freedom when they reach what age?
(a) Adulthood.
(b) Adolescence.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Teenagers.

2. In a democracy, people take a special interest in the affairs of the state in order to do what?
(a) Participate in the political process.
(b) Be one of the people in power.
(c) Participate in power and its outcomes.
(d) Obtain a political position.

3. American literature is made up of the two extremes of what, according to de Tocqueville?
(a) The world.
(b) Passion.
(c) Reality.
(d) Imagination.

4. The tendency of Americans to behave differently towards outsiders is sometimes known as what?
(a) Isolationism.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Xenophobia.
(d) Archeophobia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Compared to an aristocratic government ruled by an elite administration, democracy allows for what?

2. In America, all siblings are what?

3. Instead of being driven by man, events--according to a democratic writer--are driven by what?

4. Democracy influences the citizens' political views and what other types of views?

5. Democracy tightens social ties as it loosens what?

(see the answer key)

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