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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. According to de Tocqueville, the population of America is typically oblivious to the development of what?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Religion.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) History.

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

3. The relationship of the American aristocrat and workman is likened to a traditional aristocrat and what, according to de Tocqueville?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Servants.
(c) Peasants.
(d) Knights.

4. Democracy is a catalyst for what?
(a) Change.
(b) Economic growth.
(c) Material wealth.
(d) Industry.

5. Power is divided between what two entities in the United States?
(a) Citizens and the military.
(b) The ignorant and the intelligent.
(c) State and federal governments.
(d) State and the people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does de Tocqueville define as a state of mental ease akin to physical and mental numbness?

2. Materialism and _______ are part of the consequences of a perceived equality of conditions.

3. The New World is considered to be what, geographically, to the rest of the world?

4. What requires years of hard and dedicated work before yielding a profit?

5. In de Tocqueville's observations, compared to European legislation, American legislation is what?

(see the answer key)

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