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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does de Tocqueville believe plays an important role in the process of protecting the freedom of men by increasing their interdependence?
(a) Education.
(b) Society.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Religion.

2. Despite the huge lands, what remained a minor enterprise when de Tocqueville was observing America?
(a) Animal husbandry.
(b) Shipping.
(c) Agriculture.
(d) Rail.

3. Political associations exist at the national level and are most effective at what level?
(a) The state level.
(b) The township level.
(c) The national level.
(d) The local level.

4. In America, what did people have before they had equality of conditions?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Freedom of association.
(c) Right of association.
(d) Liberty.

5. The army of a democratic country is equated, by deTocqueville, to what?
(a) A separate people.
(b) A separate nation.
(c) A separate state.
(d) A separate arm of the government.

6. De Tocqueville observes that in times of peace, the quality of a military in a democracy does what?
(a) Degrades.
(b) Recedes.
(c) Increases.
(d) Subsides.

7. According to de Tocqueville, total equality of people's condition would only be possible in a society where freedom is what?
(a) Ideal.
(b) Absolute.
(c) Liberty.
(d) Relative.

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

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

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

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

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

13. According to de Tocqueville, Americans seek ______________, but only within a narrow range.
(a) Success.
(b) Rights.
(c) Privilege.
(d) Fortune.

14. Civil associations are often born out of what?
(a) State-level political associations.
(b) National political associations.
(c) Multi-state political associations.
(d) Local political associations.

15. The very poor and very rich are in what group in America?
(a) The majority.
(b) The farmers.
(c) The industrious.
(d) The minority.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Isolation increases the dangers of what?

3. The desire for immediate gratification led the people of America to what?

4. Democracy tightens social ties as it loosens what?

5. Decentralization of the governmental administration has multiplied what?

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