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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. Who does de Tocqueville believe seeks exclusive comfort?
(a) Americans.
(b) The wealthy.
(c) Aristocrats.
(d) Political elite.
2. According to de Tocqueville, in contrast to the traditional aristocracy, the American aristocracy has no direct effect on the _______ of its class members.
(a) Social manners.
(b) Social standing.
(c) Moral standing.
(d) Social viewpoints.
3. Democracy tightens social ties as it loosens what?
(a) Social bonds.
(b) Familial bonds.
(c) Moral bonds.
(d) Religious bonds.
4. According to de Tocqueville, what drives the actions of every American man?
(a) Rights.
(b) Women.
(c) Privilege.
(d) Money.
5. What does de Tocqueville say American workers constantly struggle with their masters for?
(a) Higher wages.
(b) Better job transferability.
(c) More freedom.
(d) More skill training.
Short Answer Questions
1. What produces goods and profits rapidly?
2. Repetitive tasks give workers an inability to change what?
3. De Tocqueville believes that revolutions are generally the result of the people's desire to eliminate what?
4. Political associations bring together whom?
5. When compared to women in a traditional aristocratic regime, de Tocqueville says American women are more _________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the military, even in a democratic society, tend to seek war?
2. What is at least one thing that led America to develop industry instead of agriculture?
3. According to de Tocqueville, what political instinct have the American people developed that will counter their natural tendency towards equality?
4. According to de Tocqueville, how do political associations combat individualism and egoism?
5. in de Tocqueville's observations, how are the masters and workmen connected in America?
6. In de Tocqueville's beliefs, how does too much emphasis on equality lead to tyrannical power?
7. How is the division of labor in the industries in the United States divided?
8. What is at least one difference between the family in a democratic society and in an aristocratic society?
9. What do rising wages for workers mean?
10. As men seeking equality become more alike, what is one possibility for a type of tyrannical regime in a democratic society, according to de Tocqueville?
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