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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. Democratic regimes value prosperity over what?
(a) Brilliance.
(b) Change.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Contributions.

2. Who gets the powers not enumerated to the federal government?
(a) The townships.
(b) The people.
(c) The judiciary.
(d) The states.

3. How is scientific research being driven in America at the time de Tocqueville is observing American democracy?
(a) Instant gratification is driving material research.
(b) Geniuses are driving scientific research.
(c) Instant profits are driving scientific research.
(d) Industrial purposes are driving scientific research.

4. Because the settlers imported most of their technical knowledge, when they got to America they only had to do what?
(a) Remember it.
(b) Put it into practice.
(c) Adapt it to American ideas and situations.
(d) Create the theory to go behind it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. De Tocqueville believes that Americans have little means of discussing opinions outside the range of those entertained by whom?

2. What kind of impact does the American press have on its people?

3. What is one of the best safeguards against potential tyranny of the majority in America?

4. According to de Tocqueville, governments typically perish because they lead their country into a state of anarchy or what?

5. Judges are accountable to what?

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