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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. Democratic regimes will value general well-being over what?
(a) Wealth of the majority.
(b) Extraordinary wealth of the few.
(c) Wealth of the minority.
(d) Extraordinary wealth of the ruling class.

2. When can a judge refuse to enforce a law?
(a) When they do not like the law.
(b) When the people they are representing do not like the law.
(c) When they do not agree with the law.
(d) When the law in unconstitutional.

3. In de Tocqueville's observations, the patriotism of Americans is more akin to cupidity than to what?
(a) A sense of requirement.
(b) A sense of country.
(c) A sense of obligation.
(d) A sense of duty or pride.

4. Cupidity means what?
(a) A strong desire, normally for participation.
(b) A strong desire, normally for wealth.
(c) A strong desire, normally for achievement.
(d) A strong desire, normally for material things.

5. According to de Tocqueville, governments typically perish because they lead their country into a state of anarchy or what?
(a) Tyranny.
(b) Poverty.
(c) War.
(d) Illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In de Tocqueville's analysis, sovereignty flows in what direction?

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

3. In a monarchy, what is as volatile as the perceived superiority of the state?

4. What type of regime did de Tocqueville study in America?

5. Lawyers are connected to the aristocracy by their personal interest and what?

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