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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. What is one of the branches of government?
(a) Legislative.
(b) House of Representatives.
(c) President.
(d) Senate.

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

3. Cupidity means what?
(a) A strong desire, normally for participation.
(b) A strong desire, normally for material things.
(c) A strong desire, normally for wealth.
(d) A strong desire, normally for achievement.

4. Lawyers are connected to the aristocracy by their personal interest and what?
(a) Culture.
(b) Education.
(c) Friends.
(d) Reasoning.

5. In de Tocqueville's analysis, sovereignty flows in what direction?
(a) From the federal government to the state.
(b) From the people to the military.
(c) From the state to the people.
(d) From the people to the state.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the American Revolution, what were the two great political parties?

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

3. De Tocqueville characterizes the relationship between politics and religion as what?

4. De Tocqueville believes that religion provides the people of America with a set of beliefs that does what?

5. Democratic regimes value prosperity over what?

(see the answer key)

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