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

2. In America, citizens have a right to what kind of associations?
(a) Free.
(b) Restricted.
(c) Political.
(d) Unlimited.

3. Historians in the United States believe that nations are driven by what?
(a) Singular events.
(b) Collective events.
(c) Particular individuals.
(d) Time.

4. To an American writer, the individuals and events are related how?
(a) They are interrelated, although not dependent on each other.
(b) They are dependent on each other.
(c) They are independent of each other.
(d) They rely on each other.

5. According to de Tocqueville, freedom cannot be what?
(a) Felt.
(b) Measured.
(c) Understood.
(d) Explained.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite the huge lands, what remained a minor enterprise when de Tocqueville was observing America?

2. In de Tocqueville's observations, what is something the federal government is allowed to do?

3. What is one of the branches of government?

4. In de Tocqueville's analysis, sovereignty flows in what direction?

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

(see the answer key)

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