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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 regime did de Tocqueville study in America?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Aristocracy.
(c) Theocracy.
(d) Populacity.

2. Aristocratic regimes in Europe put the wealth into the hands of whom?
(a) The ennobled.
(b) The monarch.
(c) The few.
(d) The many.

3. De Tocqueville believes that Americans have little means of discussing opinions outside the range of those entertained by whom?
(a) Those in political power.
(b) The majority.
(c) The vocal minority.
(d) The ruling class.

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

5. According to de Tocqueville, in Europe men obey what?
(a) Men.
(b) Laws.
(c) Justice.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. The democratic writer assumes that man is what?

2. Politically, the New World has never experienced what?

3. Cupidity means what?

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

5. Equality among people triggers innovation and intellectual what, in de Tocqueville's observations?

(see the answer key)

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