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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to de Tocqueville, what drives the actions of every American man?
(a) Money.
(b) Privilege.
(c) Women.
(d) Rights.

3. De Tocqueville believes wars will become rarer as _______ expands.
(a) Democracy.
(b) Trade.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Equality.

4. According to de Tocqueville, when men seek more equality and comfort, what do they tend to become?
(a) More alike.
(b) More different.
(c) More tyrannical.
(d) More despotic.

5. In a traditional aristocracy, de Tocqueville believes that the aristocrat was linked to their underlings by what?
(a) Custom.
(b) Pride.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Duty.

6. Who does de Tocqueville believe seeks exclusive comfort?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) Aristocrats.
(c) Americans.
(d) Political elite.

7. In de Tocqueville's beliefs, what is the surest and fastest way to destroy liberty?
(a) Increasing the size of the military.
(b) War.
(c) A ruling despot.
(d) Absolute tyranny.

8. Decentralization of the governmental administration has multiplied what?
(a) Opinions.
(b) Journalists.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Political associations.

9. The threat of a despotic government is greater in democratic societies because the power of the government is what, according to de Tocqueville?
(a) Unchecked.
(b) Almost unlimited.
(c) Absolute.
(d) Unlimited.

10. "A priori" means what?
(a) Knowledge without actual experience.
(b) The first knowledge.
(c) Knowledge from first-hand experience.
(d) Knowledge derived from a moral source.

11. Limiting the right of association would be what to a democratic society?
(a) Detrimental.
(b) Beneficial.
(c) Abusive.
(d) Desirable.

12. Isolation increases the dangers of what?
(a) Absolute power.
(b) Tyranny.
(c) A dangerous leader.
(d) Mediocrity.

13. De Tocqueville believes that there is unlikely to be a ______________ in the United States.
(a) Great political revolution.
(b) Great social revolution.
(c) Great moral revolution.
(d) Great economic revolution.

14. When compared to women in a traditional aristocratic regime, de Tocqueville says American women are more _________.
(a) Dismissive.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Independent.
(d) Subservient.

15. In America, what type of rank cannot be distinguished immediately?
(a) Military rank.
(b) Political rank.
(c) Economic rank.
(d) Societal rank.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to de Tocqueville, in contrast to the traditional aristocracy, the American aristocracy has no direct effect on the _______ of its class members.

2. De Tocqueville observes that, while traveling outside their own country, Americans tend to travel with signs associated with _______________?

3. In America, citizens have a right to what kind of associations?

4. What is an immediate danger to democracy?

5. What does de Tocqueville see as the primary danger of democracy?

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