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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2, Part 3: Chapter 14-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When can a judge refuse to enforce a law?
(a) When the law in unconstitutional.
(b) When the people they are representing do not like the law.
(c) When they do not agree with the law.
(d) When they do not like the law.

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

3. Before the American Revolution, what were the two great political parties?
(a) The Federalist and the State parties.
(b) The Federalist and the Democratic parties.
(c) The Federalist and the Anti-Federalist parties.
(d) The Federalist and the Republican parties.

4. What does de Tocqueville say religion participates in keeping the social effects of on a leash?
(a) Egalitarianism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Democracy.

5. What requires years of hard and dedicated work before yielding a profit?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Writing.
(c) Investment.
(d) Scholarly works.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To an American writer, the individuals and events are related how?

3. Democracy counters individualism by insuring that common good is understood as what?

4. What kind of literature does America produce?

5. According to de Tocqueville, equality can enable what?

(see the answer key)

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