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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2, Part 3: Chapter 1-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "A priori" means what?
(a) Knowledge without actual experience.
(b) The first knowledge.
(c) Knowledge from first-hand experience.
(d) Knowledge derived from a moral source.

2. The desire for immediate gratification led the people of America to what?
(a) Industry.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Freedom.

3. De Tocqueville writes that Americans tend to reject all external human authority and rely, instead, on what?
(a) Public opinion.
(b) Historical evidence.
(c) Philosophical evidence.
(d) Minority opinion.

4. According to de Tocqueville, total equality of people's condition would only be possible in a society where freedom is what?
(a) Absolute.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Ideal.
(d) Relative.

5. De Tocqueville states that the aristocracy in America is different from traditional aristocracies because the members of the class do not share what?
(a) Money.
(b) Family relationships.
(c) Interests.
(d) Political goals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does de Tocqueville believe seeks exclusive comfort?

2. In a democracy, people take a special interest in the affairs of the state in order to do what?

3. Aristocratic regimes in Europe put the wealth into the hands of whom?

4. When were the first colonies established?

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

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