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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Compared to the European system, de Tocqueville says the America court system is what?
(a) Small.
(b) Powerless.
(c) Mild.
(d) Meek.

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

4. In a democracy, people take a special interest in the affairs of the state in order to do what?
(a) Obtain a political position.
(b) Participate in the political process.
(c) Be one of the people in power.
(d) Participate in power and its outcomes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lawyers are connected to the aristocracy by their personal interest and what?

2. In a monarchy, what is as volatile as the perceived superiority of the state?

3. De Tocqueville believes that there must be complete freedom of what?

4. Compared to an aristocratic government ruled by an elite administration, democracy allows for what?

5. In de Tocqueville's observations, aristocratic societies make countless _____________ available between man and God.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the suggestions that equality makes to the beliefs of the American people?

2. Where does the American writer find poetry, according to de Tocqueville's observations?

3. Why, according to de Tocqueville, does the American writer write?

4. Americans want to explain everything through human intelligence and leave the rest to be explained by what, according to de Tocqueville?

5. De Tocqueville believes that religion provides what to Americans?

6. De Tocqueville believes that, under a monarchic regime, patriotism is expressed by the pride of the people in what?

7. According to de Tocqueville, in a democracy, the people take special interest in the affairs of the government for what reason?

8. In de Tocqueville's observations, what do educated individuals in America read, and how does it relate to their lives?

9. De Tocqueville believes that political parties are what to democratic societies?

10. What does equality among the people trigger, in addition to innovation, according to de Tocqueville?

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