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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2, Part 2: Chapter 1-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does de Tocqueville state that the United States does not produce a valuable body?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Science.
(d) Literature.

2. By excluding minorities from power, what does de Tocqueville believe will happen?
(a) The minority will revolt against the majority.
(b) The foundation of democracy will be endangered.
(c) The foundations of the Constitution will be violated.
(d) A new type of democratic rule will emerge.

3. In what does de Tocqueville say American writers find poetry?
(a) Passion.
(b) Intellect.
(c) The mundane.
(d) The nation.

4. The tendency of people to implement equality first in the hope that freedom will follow is a what?
(a) Political reflex.
(b) Political truism.
(c) Political ideal.
(d) Political ideology.

5. Because of the generally accepted principle of equality among Americans, according to de Tocqueville they are less likely to accept what?
(a) Traditional reasoning.
(b) Traditional ideas.
(c) Historical evidence.
(d) Historical logic.

Short Answer Questions

1. The balancing act that the three branches of government perform on each other is referred to as what?

2. Compared to the European system, de Tocqueville says the America court system is what?

3. De Tocqueville believes that religion provides the people of America with a set of beliefs that does what?

4. What does de Tocqueville observe that the principle of equality has created an extraordinary sense of in the American people?

5. What acts as a catalyst for the opinions and desires of the people?

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