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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because of the generally accepted principle of equality among Americans, according to de Tocqueville they are less likely to accept what?
(a) Traditional ideas.
(b) Traditional reasoning.
(c) Historical logic.
(d) Historical evidence.

2. When American writers exaggerate the importance of a subject, de Tocqueville says it gets lost in what?
(a) Space.
(b) Oblivion.
(c) The world.
(d) The clouds.

3. Aristocratic regimes in Europe put the wealth into the hands of whom?
(a) The ennobled.
(b) The few.
(c) The many.
(d) The monarch.

4. American settlers imported most of their technical language from where?
(a) Asia.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) Europe.

5. The people in a democracy instinctively acknowledge that the interest of the many is more valuable than that of whom?
(a) A small but active minority.
(b) The wealthy.
(c) The monarchy.
(d) A privileged few.

6. What is one of the branches of government?
(a) House of Representatives.
(b) Legislative.
(c) Senate.
(d) President.

7. A democracy will not purposely legislate against the good of its what?
(a) Minority.
(b) Majority.
(c) Voters.
(d) People.

8. The right of political association originally came from where?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Puritans.
(d) Colonists.

9. According to de Tocqueville, the population of America is typically oblivious to the development of what?
(a) Religion.
(b) History.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Philosophy.

10. Who gets the powers not enumerated to the federal government?
(a) The states.
(b) The people.
(c) The townships.
(d) The judiciary.

11. De Tocqueville believes that the democratic writer has less to write about, but the writings are ________, when compared to aristocratic writings.
(a) Of greater volume.
(b) Of greater subjects.
(c) Of greater need.
(d) Of greater importance.

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

13. About what does de Tocqueville believe aristocrats are busy writing?
(a) Life.
(b) Mundane matters.
(c) Humankind.
(d) Unique nations.

14. Before the American Revolution, what were the two great political parties?
(a) The Federalist and the Republican parties.
(b) The Federalist and the Democratic parties.
(c) The Federalist and the State parties.
(d) The Federalist and the Anti-Federalist parties.

15. In a monarchy, what is as volatile as the perceived superiority of the state?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Partisanship.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Commitment.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to de Tocqueville, in Europe men obey what?

2. Equality among people triggers innovation and intellectual what, in de Tocqueville's observations?

3. Instead of being driven by man, events--according to a democratic writer--are driven by what?

4. Democratic regimes will value general well-being over what?

5. What year was de Tocqueville's voyage to the United States?

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