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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of being driven by man, events--according to a democratic writer--are driven by what?
(a) Fate or sheer necessity.
(b) Providence or irresistible forces.
(c) Fate or irresistable forces.
(d) Providence or sheer necessity.

2. De Tocqueville believes that democracy provides an authority of its own by replacing the certitudes of the intellectual with what?
(a) The certitudes of the center.
(b) The certitudes of the majority.
(c) The certitudes of the political elite.
(d) The certitudes of the conservatives.

3. How does de Tocqueville characterize political parties?
(a) As necessary and good.
(b) As necessary but evil.
(c) As unnecessary and good.
(d) As unnecessary and evil.

4. De Tocqueville observed that Americans like to explain everything as a result of human what?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Pride.
(c) Innovation.
(d) Bravery.

5. Compared to the European system, de Tocqueville says the America court system is what?
(a) Mild.
(b) Powerless.
(c) Meek.
(d) Small.

6. To a democratic writer, truth cannot emanate from a human simply because the human does what?
(a) Exists.
(b) Has logic.
(c) Is of the majority.
(d) Holds power.

7. Of what does de Tocqueville state that the United States does not produce a valuable body?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Science.
(d) Literature.

8. When were the first colonies established?
(a) Early 1500s.
(b) Early 1700s.
(c) Early 1900s.
(d) Early 1600s.

9. In a monarchic regime, political positions and the bulk of the wealth are reserved for whom?
(a) The members of the aristocratic minority.
(b) The members of the monarchy.
(c) The members of the aristocratic majority.
(d) The members of the monarchy and their friends.

10. In de Tocqueville's observations, what is something the federal government is allowed to do?
(a) Manage health care.
(b) Manage education.
(c) Create infrastructure.
(d) Tax.

11. De Tocqueville believes that educated Americans read what type of literature?
(a) Journalistic.
(b) Scholarly.
(c) European.
(d) Relevant.

12. What does de Tocqueville say religion participates in keeping the social effects of on a leash?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Egalitarianism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Socialism.

13. What type of regime did de Tocqueville study in America?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Aristocracy.
(c) Theocracy.
(d) Populacity.

14. What reason does de Tocqueville supply for what Americans read, other than to stay informed?
(a) School.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Professional development.
(d) Profit.

15. According to de Tocqueville, equality can enable what?
(a) Power.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Aristocratic regimes in Europe put the wealth into the hands of whom?

3. By excluding minorities from power, what does de Tocqueville believe will happen?

4. According to de Tocqueville, governments typically perish because they lead their country into a state of anarchy or what?

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

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