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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Volume 2, Part 2: Chapter 10-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. De Tocqueville compares equality to what weapon?
(a) A spear.
(b) A double-edged sword.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A bow and arrow.

2. What acts as a catalyst for the opinions and desires of the people?
(a) Political associations.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Elected officials.
(d) Opinion.

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

4. The desire for immediate gratification led the people of America to what?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Industry.
(d) Freedom.

5. The right of political association originally came from where?
(a) Colonists.
(b) England.
(c) Puritans.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. De Tocqueville writes that Americans tend to reject all external human authority and rely, instead, on what?

2. Democratic regimes value what over heroism?

3. In America, citizens have a right to what kind of associations?

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

5. What kind of impact does the American press have on its people?

(see the answer key)

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