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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. Under aristocratic regimes, privileges are set by what?
(a) Blood.
(b) Family.
(c) Birth.
(d) Relationships.

2. The very poor and very rich are in what group in America?
(a) The minority.
(b) The majority.
(c) The farmers.
(d) The industrious.

3. De Tocqueville believes that the nations of his time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming _________________.
(a) Different.
(b) Varied.
(c) Equal.
(d) Similar.

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

5. De Tocqueville observes that in times of peace, the quality of a military in a democracy does what?
(a) Recedes.
(b) Degrades.
(c) Subsides.
(d) Increases.

Short Answer Questions

1. Limiting the right of association would be what to a democratic society?

2. According to de Tocqueville, when men seek more equality and comfort, what do they tend to become?

3. What general attitude does de Tocqueville purport that Americans have towards each other?

4. What type of regime does de Tocqueville believe is more oppressive than a dictatorship?

5. The vast majority of the American populace is too busy with _________________ to bother with a revolution.

Short Essay Questions

1. In de Tocqueville's beliefs, how does too much emphasis on equality lead to tyrannical power?

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

3. 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?

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

5. According to de Tocqueville, what political instinct have the American people developed that will counter their natural tendency towards equality?

6. In de Tocqueville's observations, how do Americans act when they meet with strangers outside their borders?

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

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

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

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

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