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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom is de Tocqueville writing this book?
(a) The European monarchs.
(b) The European scholars.
(c) The European revolutionaries.
(d) The European aristocracy.

2. In what country is every aspect of society in constant movement?
(a) France.
(b) Europe.
(c) England.
(d) America.

3. De Tocqueville believes that there is unlikely to be a ______________ in the United States.
(a) Great social revolution.
(b) Great moral revolution.
(c) Great political revolution.
(d) Great economic revolution.

4. Governmental power in America is highly ______________.
(a) Centralized.
(b) Balanced.
(c) Decentralized.
(d) Equal.

5. In America, citizens have a right to what kind of associations?
(a) Political.
(b) Restricted.
(c) Unlimited.
(d) Free.

6. Democracies tend to value what over liberty?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Rights.
(c) Equality.
(d) Political association.

7. De Tocqueville believes wars will become rarer as _______ expands.
(a) Equality.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Trade.
(d) Liberty.

8. De Tocqueville observes that in times of peace, the quality of a military in a democracy does what?
(a) Increases.
(b) Recedes.
(c) Subsides.
(d) Degrades.

9. The development of industry has led to an increase in what?
(a) Division of labor.
(b) Repetitive tasks.
(c) Working poor.
(d) Working mothers.

10. Decentralization of the governmental administration has multiplied what?
(a) Political associations.
(b) Journalists.
(c) Opinions.
(d) Newspapers.

11. De Tocqueville believes that the nations of his time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming _________________.
(a) Equal.
(b) Varied.
(c) Different.
(d) Similar.

12. De Tocqueville believes that it depends on the individual whether equality leads them to knowledge or _______________.
(a) Barbarism.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Boredom.

13. In America, young men are given freedom when they reach what age?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) Adulthood.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Adolescence.

14. According to de Tocqueville, too much equality leads individuals to what?
(a) Lose their relative places in society.
(b) Lose their relative importance.
(c) Lose their relative wealth.
(d) Lose their relative worth.

15. The separation between the workmen and the owners has created a new aristocracy based on what?
(a) Money.
(b) Nobility.
(c) Bloodlines.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What acts as a catalyst for the opinions and desires of the people?

2. What is an immediate danger to democracy?

3. What produces goods and profits rapidly?

4. According to De Tocqueville, all Americans seek it, but do not necessarily seek it exclusively. What is it?

5. The tendency of people to implement equality first in the hope that freedom will follow is a what?

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