2. The balancing act that the three branches of government perform on each other is referred to as what?
(a) Freedom from tyranny.
(b) Checks and balances.
(c) Federalism.
(d) Opposing powers.

3. What does de Tocqueville observe that the principle of equality has created an extraordinary sense of in the American people?
(a) Perfectability.
(b) Rationality.
(c) Logic.
(d) Stability.

4. De Tocqueville characterizes the relationship between politics and religion as what?
(a) Opposites who need each other.
(b) Similar ideas, and so they must be kept separate.
(c) Opposites who do not need each other.
(d) Similar ideas that can be incorporated together.

5. In de Tocqueville's observations, what is something the federal government is allowed to do?
(a) Manage education.
(b) Manage health care.
(c) Tax.
(d) Create infrastructure.

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

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

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

9. In times of peace, what has more power than the President?
(a) Judiciary.
(b) Executive branch.
(c) Legislature.
(d) Senate.

10. What is one of the two important tools of American democracy?
(a) Televised media.
(b) Printed media.
(c) Spoken words.
(d) Political media.

11. What is one of the best safeguards against potential tyranny of the majority in America?
(a) The judicial system.
(b) The balance of power.
(c) The media.
(d) The press.

12. Instead of being driven by man, events--according to a democratic writer--are driven by what?
(a) Providence or irresistible forces.
(b) Fate or sheer necessity.
(c) Providence or sheer necessity.
(d) Fate or irresistable forces.

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

14. De Tocqueville observed that Americans like to explain everything as a result of human what?
(a) Pride.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Innovation.

15. What type of person does de Tocqueville say the American writer sees himself as?
(a) Entrepreneur.
(b) Thinker.
(c) Enlightened.
(d) Scholar.