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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. According to De Tocqueville, all Americans seek it, but do not necessarily seek it exclusively. What is it?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Association.
(d) Material well-being.

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

3. Governmental power in America is highly ______________.
(a) Decentralized.
(b) Balanced.
(c) Equal.
(d) Centralized.

4. Because of equality, Americans share similar education and what?
(a) Initial abilities.
(b) Initial strength.
(c) Initial conditions.
(d) Initial wealth.

5. What does de Tocqueville believe plays an important role in the process of protecting the freedom of men by increasing their interdependence?
(a) Education.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Society.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a traditional aristocracy, de Tocqueville believes that the aristocrat was linked to their underlings by what?

2. In America, all siblings are what?

3. What does de Tocqueville say American workers constantly struggle with their masters for?

4. The army of a democratic country is equated, by deTocqueville, to what?

5. Isolation increases the dangers of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is one of the civil effects of the American society?

3. When the people feel more equal, what are some other side effects?

4. What is the major difference between the classic aristocrat and the new aristocrat in America according to de Tocqueville?

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

6. According to de Tocqueville, in a democratic society, what seems like endless variations of the same and monotonous reality?

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

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

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

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

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