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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What general attitude does de Tocqueville purport that Americans have towards each other?
2. 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.
3. The threat of a despotic government is greater in democratic societies because the power of the government is what, according to de Tocqueville?
4. What does de Tocqeville say is linked to--but not the same as--liberty?
5. De Tocqueville believes that revolutions are generally the result of the people's desire to eliminate what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the military, even in a democratic society, tend to seek war?
2. What is at least one difference between the family in a democratic society and in an aristocratic society?
3. What normally causes a great social revolution?
4. According to de Tocqueville, what do citizens of the United States think would replace democracy if democracy failed in America?
5. What is one reason that democracies do not value equality and liberty equally?
6. How do the citizens of America see their equality when it comes to work collectively, according to de Tocqueville's observations?
7. What does the lack of rigidity in a family relationship in a democratic society allow the family to do, according to de Tocqueville?
8. According to de Tocqueville, what political instinct have the American people developed that will counter their natural tendency towards equality?
9. What is at least one thing that led America to develop industry instead of agriculture?
10. What is one of the civil effects of the American society?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the definition that de Tocqueville uses for freedom of the press? Using examples from the book, what role does freedom of the press have in a democracy? What role does it have in American democracy?
Essay Topic 2
What is liberty? What is equality? How are the two ideas interlinked, and what does that mean for democracy? Please support your answer using examples from the book.
Essay Topic 3
De Tocqueville believes that nations today (in his time) will be unable to stop the conditions of man from becoming equal. What support does he provide for this statement? Do the ideas presented in his book support his statement? Why or why not? Use the book to support your answer.
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