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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. Democratic regimes value prosperity over what?
(a) Brilliance.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Change.
(d) Contributions.

2. Lawyers are connected to the aristocracy by their personal interest and what?
(a) Education.
(b) Friends.
(c) Reasoning.
(d) Culture.

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

4. What kind of regime did the people of France and England live in?
(a) Aristocratic.
(b) Authoritarian.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Theocratic.

5. What feeds on ignorance, according to the Puritans' religious views?
(a) Stupidity.
(b) The devil.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did de Tocqueville stay in the united States?

2. The balancing act that the three branches of government perform on each other is referred to as what?

3. Power is divided between what two entities in the United States?

4. What is one of the two important tools of American democracy?

5. In de Tocqueville's observations, the patriotism of Americans is more akin to cupidity than to what?

(see the answer key)

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