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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2, Part 1: Chapter 1-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After what event was the sovereignty of the people codified in law?
(a) Boston Tea Party.
(b) Civil War.
(c) American Revolution.
(d) Declaration of Independence.

2. Aristocratic regimes in Europe put the wealth into the hands of whom?
(a) The ennobled.
(b) The monarch.
(c) The many.
(d) The few.

3. What does de Tocqueville say religion participates in keeping the social effects of on a leash?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Egalitarianism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Democracy.

4. How does de Tocqueville characterize political parties?
(a) As unnecessary and evil.
(b) As necessary and good.
(c) As necessary but evil.
(d) As unnecessary and good.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lawyers are connected to the aristocracy by their personal interest and what?

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

3. When were the first colonies established?

4. The right of political association originally came from where?

5. According to de Tocqueville, freedom cannot be what?

(see the answer key)

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