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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. Democracies tend to value what over liberty?
(a) Political association.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Equality.
(d) Rights.

2. The New World is considered to be what, geographically, to the rest of the world?
(a) To the West.
(b) To the East.
(c) Nearby.
(d) Isolated.

3. What feeds on ignorance, according to the Puritans' religious views?
(a) Aristocracy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) The devil.
(d) Stupidity.

4. In de Tocqueville's beliefs, what is the surest and fastest way to destroy liberty?
(a) A ruling despot.
(b) War.
(c) Absolute tyranny.
(d) Increasing the size of the military.

5. What requires years of hard and dedicated work before yielding a profit?
(a) Writing.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Investment.
(d) Scholarly works.

Short Answer Questions

1. In America, what did people have before they had equality of conditions?

2. The small variations in manners between Americans and others are interpreted, by Americans, as an expression of what?

3. The desire for immediate gratification led the people of America to what?

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

5. 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.

(see the answer key)

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