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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. What type of government does de Tocqueville say is "lurking behind every corner" for most citizens of the United States, assuming democracy failed?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Republic.
(d) Aristocracy.

2. What type of regime did de Tocqueville study in America?
(a) Populacity.
(b) Theocracy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Aristocracy.

3. The tendency of Americans to behave differently towards outsiders is sometimes known as what?
(a) Xenophobia.
(b) Isolationism.
(c) Alienation.
(d) Archeophobia.

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

5. Freedom of the press is described as what type of weapon?
(a) Two-edged sword.
(b) Dagger.
(c) Mace.
(d) Cleaver.

Short Answer Questions

1. De Tocqueville believes wars will become rarer as _______ expands.

2. What is an immediate danger to democracy?

3. In de Tocqueville's observations, the economic class of an individual may confer on him several privileges, but there are no _______________ attached to those privileges.

4. De Tocqueville believes that the nations of his time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming _________________.

5. How is scientific research being driven in America at the time de Tocqueville is observing American democracy?

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