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

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

3. Democratic regimes value what over heroism?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Habits of peace.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Acts of engagement.

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

5. Judges are accountable to what?
(a) The laws they are representing.
(b) The laws they make.
(c) The people who appointed them.
(d) The people who elected them.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Power is divided between what two entities in the United States?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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