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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 does de Tocqueville say religion participates in keeping the social effects of on a leash?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Egalitarianism.

2. Democracy influences the citizens' political views and what other types of views?
(a) Industrial.
(b) Religious.
(c) Moral.
(d) Social.

3. The tendency of people to implement equality first in the hope that freedom will follow is a what?
(a) Political ideology.
(b) Political reflex.
(c) Political ideal.
(d) Political truism.

4. Democracy tightens social ties as it loosens what?
(a) Religious bonds.
(b) Social bonds.
(c) Familial bonds.
(d) Moral bonds.

5. In de Tocqueville's observations, the patriotism of Americans is more akin to cupidity than to what?
(a) A sense of requirement.
(b) A sense of duty or pride.
(c) A sense of country.
(d) A sense of obligation.

Short Answer Questions

1. De Tocqueville believes that religion provides the people of America with a set of beliefs that does what?

2. What class, in America, will eventually gain the upper hand in their struggles?

3. After what event was the sovereignty of the people codified in law?

4. Politically, the New World has never experienced what?

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

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