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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. The American historian holds individuals accountable for what?
(a) Major choices.
(b) Major events.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Everything.

2. To a democratic writer, truth cannot emanate from a human simply because the human does what?
(a) Holds power.
(b) Exists.
(c) Is of the majority.
(d) Has logic.

3. Compared to aristocratic countries, there is a tendency to do what to workers' wages in democratic countries?
(a) Lower them.
(b) Tie them to experience.
(c) Tie them to skills.
(d) Raise them.

4. The people in a democracy instinctively acknowledge that the interest of the many is more valuable than that of whom?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) A privileged few.
(c) The monarchy.
(d) A small but active minority.

5. Because of the generally accepted principle of equality among Americans, according to de Tocqueville they are less likely to accept what?
(a) Historical logic.
(b) Traditional reasoning.
(c) Traditional ideas.
(d) Historical evidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Democratic regimes value prosperity over what?

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

3. In what does de Tocqueville say American writers find poetry?

4. What is an essential tool for maintaining liberty?

5. What did the American people write?

(see the answer key)

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