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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. De Tocqueville compares equality to what weapon?
(a) A dagger.
(b) A double-edged sword.
(c) A spear.
(d) A bow and arrow.

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

3. In what does de Tocqueville say American writers find poetry?
(a) The nation.
(b) Passion.
(c) Intellect.
(d) The mundane.

4. Democratic regimes will value general well-being over what?
(a) Extraordinary wealth of the few.
(b) Wealth of the minority.
(c) Wealth of the majority.
(d) Extraordinary wealth of the ruling class.

5. Democracy counters individualism by insuring that common good is understood as what?
(a) Profiting everyone in the community.
(b) Profiting everyone who depends on each other.
(c) Profiting everyone who participates in the process.
(d) Profiting everyone who behaves as if he or she is free.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to de Tocqueville, in Europe men obey what?

2. Decentralization of the governmental administration has multiplied what?

3. Democracy is a catalyst for what?

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

5. According to de Tocqueville, total equality of people's condition would only be possible in a society where freedom is what?

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