1. According to de Tocqueville, governments typically perish because they lead their country into a state of anarchy or what?
(a) Tyranny.
(b) War.
(c) Illness.
(d) Poverty.

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

3. Compared to an aristocratic government ruled by an elite administration, democracy allows for what?
(a) Concentration of power.
(b) Weaker governance.
(c) Concentration of wealth.
(d) More powerful governance.

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

5. What type of people are educated and serve to bring reason to debates through logic?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Statesmen.
(c) Critics.
(d) Politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Under aristocratic regimes, privileges are set by what?

3. Democratic regimes value what over heroism?

4. American literature is made up of the two extremes of what, according to de Tocqueville?

5. In what does de Tocqueville say American writers find poetry?

(see the answer key)

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