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

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

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

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

5. The right of political association originally came from where?
(a) Puritans.
(b) Colonists.
(c) France.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what type of sovereignty does democracy rely?

2. In a monarchic regime, political positions and the bulk of the wealth are reserved for whom?

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

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

5. Freedom of the press is described as what type of weapon?

(see the answer key)

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