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

2. When were the first colonies established?
(a) Early 1500s.
(b) Early 1700s.
(c) Early 1600s.
(d) Early 1900s.

3. According to de Tocqueville, the population of America is typically oblivious to the development of what?
(a) History.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Religion.

4. What is one of the two important tools of American democracy?
(a) Political media.
(b) Televised media.
(c) Spoken words.
(d) Printed media.

5. American settlers imported most of their technical language from where?
(a) Asia.
(b) Canada.
(c) France.
(d) Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. De Tocqueville observed that Americans like to explain everything as a result of human what?

2. What kind of regime did the people of France and England live in?

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

4. Religion and politics do what, in American life?

5. The balancing act that the three branches of government perform on each other is referred to as what?

(see the answer key)

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