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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 did the American people write?

2. In America, all siblings are what?

3. What does de Tocqeville say is linked to--but not the same as--liberty?

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

5. In de Tocqueville's beliefs, what is the surest and fastest way to destroy liberty?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What protects a democratic society from the great excesses that plague aristocratic societies, according to de Tocqueville?

3. What do rising wages for workers mean?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Using examples from the book, what is the main role of an independent judiciary in a democracy? What is the main role of the judiciary in America? Are the two similar or different? Use the book to provide support for your answer.

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