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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2, Part 2: Chapter 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Judges are accountable to what?
(a) The laws they make.
(b) The laws they are representing.
(c) The people who appointed them.
(d) The people who elected them.

2. What is an immediate danger to democracy?
(a) Equality.
(b) Perfect society.
(c) Absolute freedom.
(d) Freedom of association.

3. What is one of the best safeguards against potential tyranny of the majority in America?
(a) The media.
(b) The balance of power.
(c) The press.
(d) The judicial system.

4. In a monarchic regime, political positions and the bulk of the wealth are reserved for whom?
(a) The members of the monarchy and their friends.
(b) The members of the monarchy.
(c) The members of the aristocratic majority.
(d) The members of the aristocratic minority.

5. By excluding minorities from power, what does de Tocqueville believe will happen?
(a) The minority will revolt against the majority.
(b) The foundation of democracy will be endangered.
(c) A new type of democratic rule will emerge.
(d) The foundations of the Constitution will be violated.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a democracy, people take a special interest in the affairs of the state in order to do what?

2. About what does de Tocqueville believe aristocrats are busy writing?

3. According to de Tocqueville, total equality of people's condition would only be possible in a society where freedom is what?

4. Religion and the constant drive for ___________ are the main barriers to the development of independent arts and science in the United States, according to de Tocqueville.

5. One drawback of equality of social conditions is an increase in what?

(see the answer key)

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