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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2, Part 2: Chapter 10-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does de Tocqeville say is linked to--but not the same as--liberty?
(a) Idealism.
(b) Equality.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Freedom.

2. The separation between the workmen and the owners has created a new aristocracy based on what?
(a) Family.
(b) Money.
(c) Bloodlines.
(d) Nobility.

3. Religion and the constant drive for ___________ are the main barriers to the development of independent arts and science in the United States, according to de Tocqueville.
(a) Economic progress.
(b) Material wealth.
(c) Comfort
(d) Cupidity.

4. Of what does de Tocqueville state that the United States does not produce a valuable body?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Literature.
(c) Science.
(d) Philosophy.

5. Compared to the European system, de Tocqueville says the America court system is what?
(a) Meek.
(b) Powerless.
(c) Small.
(d) Mild.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to De Tocqueville, all Americans seek it, but do not necessarily seek it exclusively. What is it?

2. The New World is considered to be what, geographically, to the rest of the world?

3. Workmen, in America, can be replaced how?

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

5. De Tocqueville believes that there must be complete freedom of what?

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