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

2. What is one of the checks and balances on the executive branch to prevent it from becoming despotic?
(a) An independent judiciary.
(b) An independent moral system.
(c) An independent press.
(d) An independent education system.

3. Political associations bring together whom?
(a) The feelings and opinion of the voters.
(b) The political elite.
(c) The feelings and opinions of men.
(d) The electorate.

4. American people get richer through peaceful trading and manufacturing instead of what?
(a) Theft.
(b) Conquest.
(c) Pirating.
(d) War.

5. Democracy tightens social ties as it loosens what?
(a) Religious bonds.
(b) Familial bonds.
(c) Social bonds.
(d) Moral bonds.

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

3. Governmental power in America is highly ______________.

4. De Tocqueville observes that in times of peace, the quality of a military in a democracy does what?

5. Isolation increases the dangers of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are democratic societies less likely to wage war?

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

3. According to de Tocqueville, what do citizens of the United States think would replace democracy if democracy failed in America?

4. What is one of the problems of equality of conditions?

5. How do the citizens of America see their equality when it comes to work collectively, according to de Tocqueville's observations?

6. What is the only great inequality that de Tocqueville sees in American society?

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

8. How is the division of labor in the industries in the United States divided?

9. 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?

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

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