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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2, Part 4: Chapter 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In America, young men are given freedom when they reach what age?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Adolescence.
(d) Adulthood.

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

3. Governmental power in America is highly ______________.
(a) Balanced.
(b) Decentralized.
(c) Equal.
(d) Centralized.

4. Despite the huge lands, what remained a minor enterprise when de Tocqueville was observing America?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Shipping.
(c) Animal husbandry.
(d) Rail.

5. De Tocqueville believes that there must be complete freedom of what?
(a) Press and religion.
(b) Speech and press.
(c) Speech, religion, and press.
(d) Speech and religion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to De Tocqueville, all Americans seek it, but do not necessarily seek it exclusively. What is it?

3. About what does de Tocqueville believe aristocrats are busy writing?

4. Cupidity means what?

5. Who does de Tocqueville believe seeks exclusive comfort?

(see the answer key)

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