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

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

3. In a traditional aristocracy, de Tocqueville believes that the aristocrat was linked to their underlings by what?
(a) Duty.
(b) Pride.
(c) Custom.
(d) Tradition.

4. Political associations bring together whom?
(a) The feelings and opinions of men.
(b) The electorate.
(c) The feelings and opinion of the voters.
(d) The political elite.

5. In America, what type of rank cannot be distinguished immediately?
(a) Societal rank.
(b) Economic rank.
(c) Military rank.
(d) Political rank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Democracy tightens social ties as it loosens what?

2. De Tocqueville believes that democracy provides an authority of its own by replacing the certitudes of the intellectual with what?

3. After what event was the sovereignty of the people codified in law?

4. Compared to aristocratic countries, there is a tendency to do what to workers' wages in democratic countries?

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

(see the answer key)

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