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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. The small variations in manners between Americans and others are interpreted, by Americans, as an expression of what?
(a) Moral superiority.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Social superiority.
(d) Differences.

2. The desire for immediate gratification led the people of America to what?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Industry.
(d) Agriculture.

3. To an American writer, the individuals and events are related how?
(a) They are interrelated, although not dependent on each other.
(b) They are independent of each other.
(c) They are dependent on each other.
(d) They rely on each other.

4. The American historian holds individuals accountable for what?
(a) Major events.
(b) Major choices.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Everything.

5. Democratic countries do not want revolution or ______, in de Tocqueville's beliefs?
(a) Colonization.
(b) War.
(c) Peace.
(d) Conquest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What alone, according to de Tocqueville, is not a strong enough criterion to elevate an individual over the others?

2. Lawyers are connected to the aristocracy by their personal interest and what?

3. De Tocqueville believes that there is unlikely to be a ______________ in the United States.

4. Because of equality, Americans share similar education and what?

5. What is one of the checks and balances on the executive branch to prevent it from becoming despotic?

(see the answer key)

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