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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 1, Chapter 14-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to de Tocqueville, in America men obey what?
(a) Justice and laws.
(b) God.
(c) Divine authority.
(d) Secular authority.

2. What is one of the two important tools of American democracy?
(a) Televised media.
(b) Printed media.
(c) Political media.
(d) Spoken words.

3. Aristocratic regimes in Europe put the wealth into the hands of whom?
(a) The ennobled.
(b) The many.
(c) The few.
(d) The monarch.

4. The people in a democracy instinctively acknowledge that the interest of the many is more valuable than that of whom?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) A small but active minority.
(c) The monarchy.
(d) A privileged few.

5. Freedom of the press is described as what type of weapon?
(a) Mace.
(b) Two-edged sword.
(c) Dagger.
(d) Cleaver.

Short Answer Questions

1. A democracy will not purposely legislate against the good of its what?

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

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

4. De Tocqueville characterizes the relationship between politics and religion as what?

5. According to de Tocqueville, in Europe men obey what?

(see the answer key)

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