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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 1, Chapter 14-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of regime did de Tocqueville study in America?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Aristocracy.
(c) Theocracy.
(d) Populacity.

2. A democracy will not purposely legislate against the good of its what?
(a) Majority.
(b) People.
(c) Voters.
(d) Minority.

3. When were the first colonies established?
(a) Early 1500s.
(b) Early 1600s.
(c) Early 1900s.
(d) Early 1700s.

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

5. In de Tocqueville's analysis, sovereignty flows in what direction?
(a) From the people to the military.
(b) From the state to the people.
(c) From the people to the state.
(d) From the federal government to the state.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After what event was the sovereignty of the people codified in law?

3. What feeds on ignorance, according to the Puritans' religious views?

4. What kind of regime did the people of France and England live in?

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

(see the answer key)

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