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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. The small variations in manners between Americans and others are interpreted, by Americans, as an expression of what?
2. Democracy counters individualism by insuring that common good is understood as what?
3. What does de Tocqueville see as the primary danger of democracy?
4. One drawback of equality of social conditions is an increase in what?
5. According to de Tocqueville, too much equality leads individuals to what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is one of the civil effects of the American society?
2. What is the only great inequality that de Tocqueville sees in American society?
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 two concepts, though linked, should not be confounded?
5. In de Tocqueville's beliefs, how does too much emphasis on equality lead to tyrannical power?
6. According to de Tocqueville, how do political associations combat individualism and egoism?
7. According to de Tocqueville, in a democratic society, what seems like endless variations of the same and monotonous reality?
8. What is one reason that democracies do not value equality and liberty equally?
9. In a real world, do democracies value equality or liberty more?
10. According to de Tocqueville, within their own country, how do Americans tend to behave toward each other?
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
Using examples from the book, where does authority originate from in America as opposed to in an aristocratic regimen? How does this influence the structure and behavior of a democracy as compared to an aristocracy?
Essay Topic 3
How does de Tocqueville define a political association? What role does association have in democracy as de Tocqueville presents it? Is that the same role it has today? Explain your answer using specific examples from today and the book.
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