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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. Democracy is a catalyst for what?
(a) Change.
(b) Material wealth.
(c) Industry.
(d) Economic growth.

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

3. After what event was the sovereignty of the people codified in law?
(a) Declaration of Independence.
(b) Boston Tea Party.
(c) American Revolution.
(d) Civil War.

4. De Tocqueville characterizes the relationship between politics and religion as what?
(a) Similar ideas that can be incorporated together.
(b) Opposites who do not need each other.
(c) Similar ideas, and so they must be kept separate.
(d) Opposites who need each other.

5. Materialism and _______ are part of the consequences of a perceived equality of conditions.
(a) Perseverance.
(b) Intellectualism.
(c) Mediocrity.
(d) Egoism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does de Tocqueville define as a state of mental ease akin to physical and mental numbness?

2. Democracies tend to value what over liberty?

3. Democracy counters individualism by insuring that common good is understood as what?

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

5. What deals with the affairs of the people and is bound to be turbulent and uncertain?

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