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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2, Part 1: Chapter 13-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of person does de Tocqueville say the American writer sees himself as?
(a) Entrepreneur.
(b) Enlightened.
(c) Scholar.
(d) Thinker.

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

3. Religion and politics do what, in American life?
(a) Share similar characteristics.
(b) Occupy similar space.
(c) Influence each other.
(d) Occupy their own space.

4. De Tocqueville believes that there must be complete freedom of what?
(a) Press and religion.
(b) Speech, religion, and press.
(c) Speech and press.
(d) Speech and religion.

5. When American writers exaggerate the importance of a subject, de Tocqueville says it gets lost in what?
(a) Oblivion.
(b) Space.
(c) The clouds.
(d) The world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of the generally accepted principle of equality among Americans, according to de Tocqueville they are less likely to accept what?

2. What does de Tocqueville observe that the principle of equality has created an extraordinary sense of in the American people?

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

4. About what does de Tocqueville believe aristocrats are busy writing?

5. De Tocqueville compares equality to what weapon?

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