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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. Civil associations are often born out of what?
(a) National political associations.
(b) Local political associations.
(c) Multi-state political associations.
(d) State-level political associations.

2. The right of political association originally came from where?
(a) Puritans.
(b) England.
(c) Colonists.
(d) France.

3. In de Tocqueville's observations, the patriotism of Americans is more akin to cupidity than to what?
(a) A sense of requirement.
(b) A sense of obligation.
(c) A sense of country.
(d) A sense of duty or pride.

4. What is one of the two important tools of American democracy?
(a) Printed media.
(b) Spoken words.
(c) Political media.
(d) Televised media.

5. The institutions of the United States tend to bring together what type of people?
(a) People of all ranks.
(b) The scholarly people.
(c) People of aristocratic rank.
(d) The political elite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Political associations combat what?

2. What reason does de Tocqueville supply for what Americans read, other than to stay informed?

3. What deals with the affairs of the people and is bound to be turbulent and uncertain?

4. 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.

5. Democratic regimes will value general well-being over what?

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