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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. What did the American people write?
(a) The laws of interactions.
(b) The laws governing relationships.
(c) The laws governing their attitudes.
(d) The laws of their country.

2. The New World is considered to be what, geographically, to the rest of the world?
(a) Isolated.
(b) Nearby.
(c) To the West.
(d) To the East.

3. What class, in America, will eventually gain the upper hand in their struggles?
(a) The scholarly class.
(b) The poor class.
(c) The aristocratic class.
(d) The working class.

4. Democracy promotes spending energy on what types of tasks?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Material.
(c) Religious.
(d) Artistic.

5. Because of equality, Americans share similar education and what?
(a) Initial wealth.
(b) Initial strength.
(c) Initial conditions.
(d) Initial abilities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of person does de Tocqueville say the American writer sees himself as?

2. What is one of the branches of government?

3. Civil associations are often born out of what?

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

5. What acts as a catalyst for the opinions and desires of the people?

(see the answer key)

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