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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom is de Tocqueville writing this book?
(a) The European scholars.
(b) The European monarchs.
(c) The European aristocracy.
(d) The European revolutionaries.

2. De Tocqueville believes that it depends on the individual whether equality leads them to knowledge or _______________.
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Barbarism.

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

4. According to de Tocqueville, too much equality leads individuals to what?
(a) Lose their relative wealth.
(b) Lose their relative places in society.
(c) Lose their relative worth.
(d) Lose their relative importance.

5. In de Tocqueville's observations, the economic class of an individual may confer on him several privileges, but there are no _______________ attached to those privileges.
(a) Responsibilities.
(b) Rights.
(c) Requirements.
(d) Ideals.

6. Equality of conditions means there are no a priori what in America?
(a) Prejudices.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Points of view.
(d) Influences.

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

8. In America, all siblings are what?
(a) Equal.
(b) Given the same rank.
(c) Treated differently.
(d) Treated differently depending on birth order.

9. What acts as a catalyst for the opinions and desires of the people?
(a) Political associations.
(b) Opinion.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Elected officials.

10. According to de Tocqueville, too much emphasis on equality leads to what?
(a) Mediocrity.
(b) Servitude.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Laziness.

11. One drawback of equality of social conditions is an increase in what?
(a) Individualism.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Association.

12. Workmen, in America, can be replaced how?
(a) In extreme circumstances.
(b) With difficulty.
(c) At will.
(d) Not at all.

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

14. De Tocqueville states that the aristocracy in America is different from traditional aristocracies because the members of the class do not share what?
(a) Interests.
(b) Family relationships.
(c) Money.
(d) Political goals.

15. De Tocqueville believes that the nations of his time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming _________________.
(a) Different.
(b) Varied.
(c) Similar.
(d) Equal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Democratic countries do not want revolution or ______, in de Tocqueville's beliefs?

2. The institutions of the United States tend to bring together what type of people?

3. What does de Tocqeville say is linked to--but not the same as--liberty?

4. Who is considered a member of the aristocratic class in America?

5. What is an immediate danger to democracy?

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