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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. Power is divided between what two entities in the United States?
(a) The ignorant and the intelligent.
(b) State and federal governments.
(c) State and the people.
(d) Citizens and the military.

2. What is one of the branches of government?
(a) Legislative.
(b) President.
(c) Senate.
(d) House of Representatives.

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

4. De Tocqueville believes that Americans have little means of discussing opinions outside the range of those entertained by whom?
(a) The vocal minority.
(b) The ruling class.
(c) Those in political power.
(d) The majority.

5. How long did de Tocqueville stay in the united States?
(a) One year.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an essential tool for maintaining liberty?

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

3. In a democracy, people take a special interest in the affairs of the state in order to do what?

4. In de Tocqueville's observations, what is something the federal government is allowed to do?

5. The people in a democracy instinctively acknowledge that the interest of the many is more valuable than that of whom?

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