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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 1, Chapter 14-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Freedom of the press is described as what type of weapon?
(a) Cleaver.
(b) Two-edged sword.
(c) Dagger.
(d) Mace.

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

3. Democratic regimes value what over heroism?
(a) Habits of peace.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Acts of engagement.
(d) Common sense.

4. In a democracy, people take a special interest in the affairs of the state in order to do what?
(a) Participate in power and its outcomes.
(b) Be one of the people in power.
(c) Participate in the political process.
(d) Obtain a political position.

5. Judges are accountable to what?
(a) The laws they are representing.
(b) The people who elected them.
(c) The people who appointed them.
(d) The laws they make.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristocratic regimes in Europe put the wealth into the hands of whom?

2. Who gets the powers not enumerated to the federal government?

3. When were the first colonies established?

4. Democratic regimes value prosperity over what?

5. De Tocqueville observes that judges are not elected, but are what?

(see the answer key)

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