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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. The tendency of Americans to behave differently towards outsiders is sometimes known as what?
(a) Isolationism.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Archeophobia.
(d) Xenophobia.

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

3. Compared to aristocratic countries, there is a tendency to do what to workers' wages in democratic countries?
(a) Raise them.
(b) Tie them to skills.
(c) Lower them.
(d) Tie them to experience.

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

5. 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 despotic.
(d) More tyrannical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Governmental power in America is highly ______________.

2. What alone, according to de Tocqueville, is not a strong enough criterion to elevate an individual over the others?

3. According to de Tocqueville, too much emphasis on equality leads to what?

4. Under aristocratic regimes, privileges are set by what?

5. Democracy counters individualism by insuring that common good is understood as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why will democratic governments tend to centralize as they grow?

2. in de Tocqueville's observations, how are the masters and workmen connected in America?

3. How does de Tocqueville define comfort?

4. What is at least one difference between the family in a democratic society and in an aristocratic society?

5. According to de Tocqueville, how do political associations combat individualism and egoism?

6. What two concepts, though linked, should not be confounded?

7. What is at least one thing that led America to develop industry instead of agriculture?

8. What is one reason that democracies do not value equality and liberty equally?

9. According to de Tocqueville, within their own country, how do Americans tend to behave toward each other?

10. What does the lack of rigidity in a family relationship in a democratic society allow the family to do, according to de Tocqueville?

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