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

2. American literature is made up of the two extremes of what, according to de Tocqueville?
(a) Reality.
(b) Passion.
(c) Imagination.
(d) The world.

3. In a monarchic regime, political positions and the bulk of the wealth are reserved for whom?
(a) The members of the aristocratic majority.
(b) The members of the monarchy and their friends.
(c) The members of the monarchy.
(d) The members of the aristocratic minority.

4. What is an immediate danger to democracy?
(a) Perfect society.
(b) Freedom of association.
(c) Absolute freedom.
(d) Equality.

5. According to de Tocqueville, the population of America is typically oblivious to the development of what?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Religion.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of impact does the American press have on its people?

2. Cupidity means what?

3. Who gets the powers not enumerated to the federal government?

4. When can a judge refuse to enforce a law?

5. What does de Tocqueville say religion participates in keeping the social effects of on a leash?

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