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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 development of industry has led to an increase in what?
(a) Working mothers.
(b) Division of labor.
(c) Working poor.
(d) Repetitive tasks.

2. Democratic regimes value what over heroism?
(a) Acts of engagement.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Habits of peace.

3. According to De Tocqueville, all Americans seek it, but do not necessarily seek it exclusively. What is it?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Material well-being.
(d) Association.

4. The democratic writer assumes that man is what?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Logical.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Powerless.

5. Equality among people triggers innovation and intellectual what, in de Tocqueville's observations?
(a) Dullness.
(b) Mediocrity.
(c) Rigidity.
(d) Passivity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does de Tocqueville supply for what Americans read, other than to stay informed?

2. De Tocqueville observes that in times of peace, the quality of a military in a democracy does what?

3. What does de Tocqueville maintain as a greater threat than anarchy?

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

5. What is one of the freedoms Americans have written into laws that will protect against democracy being oppression?

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