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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. De Tocqueville believes that the democratic writer has less to write about, but the writings are ________, when compared to aristocratic writings.
(a) Of greater importance.
(b) Of greater subjects.
(c) Of greater need.
(d) Of greater volume.

2. De Tocqueville believes that there must be complete freedom of what?
(a) Speech and press.
(b) Speech and religion.
(c) Press and religion.
(d) Speech, religion, and press.

3. Aristocratic regimes in Europe put the wealth into the hands of whom?
(a) The few.
(b) The monarch.
(c) The many.
(d) The ennobled.

4. About what does de Tocqueville believe aristocrats are busy writing?
(a) Mundane matters.
(b) Unique nations.
(c) Humankind.
(d) Life.

5. According to de Tocqueville, in America men obey what?
(a) Secular authority.
(b) Justice and laws.
(c) Divine authority.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Compared to the European system, de Tocqueville says the America court system is what?

2. What is one of the two important tools of American democracy?

3. What year was de Tocqueville's voyage to the United States?

4. The democratic writer assumes that man is what?

5. How does de Tocqueville characterize political parties?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Although religion remains out of the realm of politics according to de Tocqueville's observations, what political effect does religion have?

3. According to de Tocqueville, what are the differences between the American and European press?

4. Why does the minority recognize the decision and rights of the majority in America, according to de Tocqueville's observations?

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

6. What is the definition of a regime?

7. What does de Tocqueville analyze in his book?

8. According to the author, what is the reason free people obey laws?

9. According to de Tocqueville, why does the United States only produce journalistic literature?

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

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