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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. Cupidity means what?
(a) A strong desire, normally for material things.
(b) A strong desire, normally for wealth.
(c) A strong desire, normally for achievement.
(d) A strong desire, normally for participation.

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

3. In de Tocqueville's observations, aristocratic societies make countless _____________ available between man and God.
(a) Forces.
(b) Methods of communication.
(c) Sources.
(d) Intermediaries.

4. De Tocqueville writes that Americans tend to reject all external human authority and rely, instead, on what?
(a) Philosophical evidence.
(b) Historical evidence.
(c) Minority opinion.
(d) Public opinion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Democratic regimes value what over heroism?

2. Lawyers are connected to the aristocracy by their personal interest and what?

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

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

5. Democratic regimes value prosperity over what?

(see the answer key)

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